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Andrew Garrett

Andrew Garrett ( 1823 - 1887 , was an American explorer, naturalist and illustrator

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Garret specialised in malacology and ichthyology. He spent much of his life in the South Seas. Between 1861 and 1885 he was employed as a collector by the Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg.He also undertook illustrations for the works of another American malacologist William Harper Pease.

Works

Fische der Sundsee L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg. Fische der Südsee: 1-515, Pls. 1-180.( 1873-1910).

This work was first published in parts by the Museum Godeffroy (Fische der Südsee, beschrieben und redigirt von [[Albert C. L. G. Günther] A. C. L. G. Günther. Hefts I-IX in Bands I-III. As: J. Mus. Godeffroy Hefts III, VI, IX, XI, XIII, XV, XVI and XVII in Bands II, IV, VI.)

Descriptions of new species of land and fresh-water shells. American Journal of Conchology 7(4): 219-30. (1872)
The terrestrial Mollusca inhabiting the Society Islands. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 2nd series. 9: 17-114, pls. 2, 3.(1884)
1887. The terrestrial Mollusca inhabiting the Samoa or Navigator Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1887: 124-53.(1887).