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The Scientific Commission of the Pacific from expedition to cyberspace : 1862-1866 : 1998-2003
Title
The Scientific Commission of the Pacific [videorecording] : from expedition to cyberspace : 1862-1866 : 1998-2003 / produced by CSIC [and] Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
ISBN
9788400084578 (DVD)
8400084578 (DVD)
Published
Madrid : CSIC, c2006.
Physical Description
1 videodisc : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Title from container.
"All documentary, scientific and iconographic materials, including the photographic collection of Rafael Castro y Ordóñez, are taken from the Marcos Jiménez de la Espada Fund which is housed in the General Humanities Library of the CSIC, the archives of the National Museum of Natural Sciences and the Royal Botanical Garden of Madrid, as well as the collections of the National Museum of Natural Sciences, the Naval Museum, the Americas Museum and the National Anthropological Museum and Royal Botanical Garden Herbarium in Madrid."--credits.
"This DVD was created as part of the World Wide Web Information Server project of the Pacific Scientific Commission (II): Cultural heritage digital diffusion systems (TIC2000-0168-P4-04)."--credits.
In English and Spanish; Spanish sections have English subtitles.
Summary
The Scientific Commission of the Pacific was the most important scientific expedition sent by the Spanish government to America in the 19th century, and the first to be photographed. The DVD includes information on the expedition members, the routes travelled, the specimens captured, and the Museums that house the collections today, as well as original photographs from the expedition.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Multiple languages; English; Spanish
Added to Catalog
June 22, 2007
System details note
DVD.
Contents
The expedition members
The voyage
The collections
Credits.
Subjects
Also listed under
Spain. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
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