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Source review

For the source review, please choose a source from the list below. You can also choose one of the sources discussed in class. On how to write the source review, please read the guidelines.

-William Bligh, A Voyage to the South Sea, Undertaken by Command of His Majesty,
for the Purpose of Conveying the Breadfruit Tree to the West Indies, London, 1792. Chaps. 1, 6 and 10

-A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1796,
1797, 1798 in the Ship Duff Commanded by Captain James Wilson, London, 1799. Preliminary Discourse + chap. 13

-Percival William Spencer, The Land of the Dragon. My boating and Shooting Excursions to the Gorges of the Upper Yangtze, London, 1889. Chaps 1, 4+ 7

-James K. Hosmer, A Short History of the Mississippi Valley, Boston and New York,
1902. Preface, chaps 4, 6 + 10

-John Muir, The Yosemite, Boston & New York, 1912. Chaps. 1, 5 +16

-John Muir, My First Summer in the Sierra, Boston & New York, 1911. Chaps. 1, 4+10.

-Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962. Chaps. 2, 3+8

-Georg Hartwig, The Polar World: A Popular Description of Man and Nature in the
Arctic and Antarctic Regions of the Globe, New York, 1869. Chaps 1, 5+36

-Hetchy Hetchy reservoir controversy (reservoir located in Yosemite National Park, essential for water supply of San Francisco.

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