Biodiversity Heritage Library blog features Bryan's "Natural History of Hawaii"

A recent posting on the Biodiversity Heritage Library blog discusses natural history in Hawaii, including William Bryan's Natural history of Hawaii, being an account of the Hawaiian people, the geology and geography of the islands, and the native and introduced plants and animals of the group. To view the story, click on the image at right. Full text of Bryan's Natural History of Hawaii... is available via the Hathi Trust; to view it, click here.

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