Field journal of Heller, March to April 1915

Title Variants

Alternative: Field journal of Heller, March to April 1915 and December 1915 to February 1916 (1 of 2)

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

1915

Notes

The field journal of Edmund Heller covers his field work in Peru and South America, March to April 1915. Entries are dated and include information relating to a visit to the Lima Zoo, photographing animals, a bull fight, cruise to Valparaiso, vegetation and terrain, elevation, weather, reference to discussion of Incan hunting methods, descriptions of breakwaters around commercial ports, impressions of Peruvians met, birds observed, travel by train, visit to a race track, interactions with colleagues. Locations include Mollendo, Arica (now Chile), Iquique, Santiago, Cerro Santa Lucia, Montevideo. Most are assumed to be in Chile and Peru, but some locations are not determined with certainty.

Subjects

Arica , Chile , Field notes , Iquique , Mollendo , National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvi , Ornithology , Peru , Santa Lucía, Cerro

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122991