Benjamin Smith Lyman: Geologist at the Intersection of Hokkaido, Japan, and the United States

Benjamin Smith Lyman was a geologist from Northampton, Massachusetts, who was contracted by the Japanese government in 1872 to carry out coal surveys on the island of Hokkaidō 北海道. What started out as a standard geological survey, quickly evolved into a lifelong interest in Japan for Lyman. The larg...

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Main Author: Ashby, Benjamin
Format: Others
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2021
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/1091
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2185&context=masters_theses_2