To carry out the California Geological Survey, he organized an eminent, multi-disciplinary team, including William H. Brewer, James Graham Cooper, William More Gabb, Charles F. Hoffmann, and Clarence King.
He was assisted by Jose Zeledon, who was to become a well known Costa Rican ornithologist.
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Also in 1867, an expedition was organized to explore Baja California under the leadership of John Ross Browne.
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One of the principal supporters of this expedition was Minor C. Keith, who started the banana industry in Costa Rica and eventually co-founded the United Fruit Company.
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In 1861, Josiah Whitney, chief of the California Geological Survey, was searching for a qualified paleontologist to assist with the survey.
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In 1873 the government of Costa Rica engaged Gabb to perform a survey of the geography, geology and resources in the little-known Talamanca Region.
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