Okay, you all did so well on the freshwater mussel question, here is
another. Normally the questions I get are "How do I sell my mother's old
seashells?" or "How do I clean and polish the conch shell we found in the
Bahamas last month?" But these last two were a bit tougher and deserve a
"list" answer. Thanks,
Tom Eichhorst
Hello from Australia!
I am interested in finding out whether John Mawe's work (1821) is the
first work on shell collecting...Do you know of any others of the
period? Also, any biographies of John Mawe? I would also like to
contact Peter Dance and would very much appreciate his email address...
Cheers and thanks,
Dr. Jeffrey D. Stilwell
School of Earth Sciences
James Cook University
Townsville Q 4811
Australia