The Great Guano Rush
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Jimmy M. Skaggs
Categories: Caribbean Area
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994 - Publisher: MacMillan

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This text describes the little-known history of the earliest example of American overseas expansion. Guano was the 19th century's most important fertilizer and
The Pacific Guano Rush
Language: en
Pages: 510
Authors: Scot W. Wrighton
Categories: Guano
Type: BOOK - Published: 1983 - Publisher:

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Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World
Language: en
Pages: 417
Authors: Gregory T. Cushman
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-25 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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This book traces the history of bird guano, demonstrating how this unique commodity helped unite the Pacific Basin with the industrialized world.
Clipperton
Language: en
Pages: 318
Authors: Jimmy M. Skaggs
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-01-01 - Publisher: Walker & Company

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The Devil's Cormorant
Language: en
Pages: 399
Authors: Richard J. King
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-09-22 - Publisher: University of New Hampshire Press

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Behold the cormorant: silent, still, cruciform, and brooding; flashing, soaring, quick as a snake. Evolution has crafted the only creature on Earth that can mig