Title
Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (1 of 5)
Related Titles
Contained In:
Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918
Series:
Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project
Series:
SIA RU007179
By
Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1916
Notes
The handwritten journal of Edmund Heller documents the American Museum of Natural History China Expedition, 1916-1917. Entries cover June 4, 1916 to September 17, 1916. Sometimes entries have headings if including stories, or lists of information for a specific location (i.e. birds, vegetation, rocks). Includes a hand drawn map of Bamboo Creek. Throughout notes, Heller takes considerable time to describe areas visited, flora and fauna observed, people encountered (including cultural traits of Asians), expedition activities, route traveled, food (listing vegetation and descriptions of food in markets), agriculture, communities, and accommodations. Notes describe travel from Washington, with travel times, meetings with colleagues, language, and weather. Includes notes about quantities and type of specimens collected (sometimes with descriptions of abundance or location) and prepared, and include types of mammals including tigers, mongoose, as well as birds. Localities described in detail include Hawaii, Japan, Hong Kong, Foochow, Swatow [Shantou], Hainan, and Yunnan, China.
Subjects
American Museum of Natural History China Expeditio
,
China
,
Field notes
,
Hainan
,
Hawaii
,
Hong Kong
,
Japan
,
Mammalogy
,
Maps
,
Ornithology
,
Shantou
,
Yunnan
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
BHL Field Notes Project
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122816
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51399389
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