Marshall Islands Jaluit Atoll
Eclectic Bibliography

compiled by Dirk H.R. Spennemann




Geography and Geology Botany Zoology Economy Anthropology & Archaeology History Development Public Health

 

Geography and Geology



Blumenstock, D.I
1961(ed.) A report on Typhoon effects upon Jaluit Atoll. Atoll Resarch Bulletin 75. Washington, D.C.: Pacific Science Board.


Erdland, Augustin
1905Sturm auf Jaluit. Hiltruper Monatshefte, Pp. 447-


Follansbee, W
1952Typhoon Olive. Ms. mimeographed, copy helld in the Library of the Bernice P.Bishop Museum in Hololul. 17 pp.
Description of the effects of typhoon Olive hitting Wake Atoll in 1952.


Fosberg, F.Raymond
1961VII.Soils. In: D.I.Blumenstock (ed.) A report on Typhoon effects upon Jaluit Atoll. Atoll Resarch Bulletin 75. Washington, D.C.: Pacific Science Board. Pp. 47-49.


Jeschke, Carl
1905Bericht über den Orkan in den Marschall-Inseln am 30. Juni 1905 . Petermanns Mitteilungen 51, 248-249.
The report describes the effects of the 1905 cyclone on the southern Atolls in the Marshall Islands:when a 12m high wave washed across Mile, Ngarikrik, Arno, parts of Majuro and Jaluit, destroying several islets and killing several people.


Jeschke, Carl
1906Bericht über die Marschall-Inseln. Petermanns Mitteilungen 52, 270-277.
The report describes the effects and after-effrects of the 1905 cyclone on the southern Atolls in the Marshall Islands. It contains a descripotion of the effects on Ujelang, about which information had been unavailable the year before.


Schnee, H
1904Zur Geologie des Jaluit Atolls. Globus, 85, 329-333;352-356; 363-367.
Description of the Geology and geomorphology of the Jaluit Atoll, discussing the genesis of the atoll, the reef formation and the genesis of the islets.


Schwabe, G
1905Der Taifun auf Jaluit. Deutsche Kolonialzeitung 22, 401-402.


Steinbach, Erwin
1894Bemerkungen über das Klima von Jaluit. Mittheilungen von Forschungsreisenden und Gelehrten aus den Deutschen Schutzgebieten 7, 305-318.
The paper discusses the climatic variations and conditions observed on Jaluit Atoll. The report stresses the regularity in the temperature regime and the irregularity in the precipitation. Mentions that an especially large number of pumice were washed ashore in Jaluit and other parts of the Marshall Islands in September 1894. Ships are said to have driven/sailed through large fields of drifting pumice stone.

 

Botany



Fosberg, F.Raymond
1961VIII.Flora and vegetation. In: D.i.Blumenstock (ed.) A report on Typhoon effects upon Jaluit Atoll. Atoll Resarch Bulletin 75. Washington, D.C.: Pacific Science Board. Pp. 51-55.,

1961 IX. Typhoon effects on individual species of plants. In: D.i.Blumenstock (ed.) A report on Typhoon effects upon Jaluit Atoll. Atoll Resarch Bulletin 75. Washington, D.C.: Pacific Science Board. Pp. 57-68.


Fosberg, F.Raymond & M.-H. Sachet
1962Vascular Plants recorded from Jaluit Atoll. Atoll Research Bulletin 92. Washington: Pacific Science Board.


Koidzumi, G
The vegetation of Jaluit Island. Botanical magazine (Tokyo) 29, 242-257.

1917Plants of Jaluit. Rigaku-kai (Science World) 15 (1), 14-17; 89-96 [in Japanese].

 

Zoology



Amerson, A.Binion
1969. Ornithology of the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin 127. Washington: Smithsonian Institution.

Fosberg, F.Raymond
1961IX: Typhoon effects on individual species of plants. In: D.I.Blumenstock (ed.) A report on Typhoon effects upon Jaluit Atoll. Atoll Resarch Bulletin 75. Washington, D.C.: Pacific Science Board. Pp. 57-68.

1961 Appendix I: Table of plant species by islets. In: D.I.Blumenstock (ed.) A report on Typhoon effects upon Jaluit Atoll. Atoll Resarch Bulletin 75. Washington, D.C.: Pacific Science Board. Pp. 95-104.

1990. A review of the Natural History of the Marshall Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin. 330. Washington: Smithonian Institution.

Seitz, Dr
1904Ueber die von Hern Dr. Schnee auf Jaluit gesammelten Grosschmetterlinge. Zoologische Jahrbücher 20, 392-403.
The paper describes a collection of large butterflies made 1902-03 by the German Government Physician of the Marshall Islands

 

Economy


 

Anthropology and Archaeology


 

History



Deecken, R
1901 Die Marshall Inseln. Deutsche Kolonialzeitung 18,393.
General description of the German Colony on Jaluit Atoll.


Schneider, E
1891Tagebuchblätter von Jaluit. Deutsche Kolonialzeitung 4, 30-34;46-48;58-61;75-77.
Extracts from the diary of a Catholic priest visiting Jaluit. The diary contains a plethora of data on everyday life and on individuals living in the German colony.


USSBS
1947United States Strategic Bombing Survey, The American campaign against Wotje, Maloelap, Mille and Jaluit. Washington: Naval Analysis Section, United States Strategic Bombing Survey.

 

Development


 

Public Health





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