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Item	41158
UDC Class:	(678)
Collection reference:	7160
Title:	The Soils of Cuba
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Publication Date:	1928
Publisher’s Name:	Tropical Plant Research Foundation, Washington
Project Sponsor:	The Cuba Sugar Club
Corporate Author:	Bennett
Author:	Bennett, H.H. and Allison R.V
Material Characteristics:	Hardbacked Book
Material Accompanying:	coloured map (45005), folded in rear pocket (scanned)
Summary Abstract:	This item is a handsome hardbacked volume of 410,pages, published in Washington DC in 1928 . The authors are Bennett, H.H and Allison R.V. This is a legacy document with a chapter on soil classification by Curtis Marbut. The work is an output from a cooperative project linking the US Bureau of Soils and the Tropical Plant Research Foundation, also based in Washington. The Book is accompanied by a 'Soil Map of Cuba' at scale 1:800,000, which is folded and held in a separated folder numbered #45005. There is also a sheet of detailed soil classification described as a "Key to the Principal Soils of Cuba'. The Cuba Sugar Club sponsored the project. The map is being scanned coloured Soil Map at scale 1:800,000 covering the whole country dated 1928, prepared by the US Bureau of Soils working with the Tropical Plant Research Foundation. The surveyors are Bennett, H.H and Allison R.V. There is a comprensive soil legend on the face of the map.
Country Now:	Cuba
Region:	Caribbean

This item is held physically in the library of Booker Tate Limited, Masters Court, Church Road Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 3FA, UK. Web Link. Tel: (44) 1844 251000 (switchboard). The item reference was provided to the WOSSAC archive by Mr Bob Merry of Booker Tate for inclusion in the WOSSAC catalogue. Please contact Booker Tate directly for further information on this item.

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