Berlandier, Jean Louis, -1851
Berlandier and Chovell, Observaciones Astronomicas and Meteorologic Observations, 1832-1835.
This collection consists of three volumes containing astronomical and meteorological observations made in Goliad, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico, from 1832-1835. They entered data on a near-daily basis, with occasional gaps, and included positions of various astronomical bodies and points of interest. The observations, made with a chronometer and sextant, included latitude and longitude readings.
Jean Louis Berlandier was a botanist and physician who surgeyed flora and fauna along the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border. Rafael Chovell, a mineralogist, also participated in the Boundary Commission sent to survey the flora and fauna of the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border in 1827.
Berlandier, Jean Louis, -1851
Chovell, Rafael
Astronomy -- Observations
Latitude -- Observations.
Longitude
Meteorology -- Observations
Goliad (Tex.)
Chovell, Rafael
AIP-ICOS
University of Michigan. Bentley Historical Library. Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2113, USA