Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (4 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

1917

Notes

This is 4 of 5 handwritten journals by Edmund Heller documenting the American Museum of Natural History China Expedition,1916-1917. Entries cover c. June 26 - August 22, 1917. The field book is unbound, and entries are dated. Details include date, weather, time of day, daily activities, vegetation and terrain, local customs and holidays, extensive descriptions of food, agriculture (rice), communities (temples), and people of areas traveled. Specimens collecting includes birds and mammals. There are references to language work by "Judge Cotton" and visiting museums in Calcutta [Kolkata]. Locations include Rangoon [Yangon] in Burma [Myanmar], the vicinity of Kinchinjunga [K nchenjunga], and Calcutta [Kolkata], India.

Subjects

American Museum of Natural History China Expeditio , Field notes , India , K nchenjunga , Kolkata , Myanmar , Yangon , Zoology

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.123283
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51399973