Title
Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 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
1916-1917
Notes
This is 2 of 5 handwritten journals by Edmund Heller documenting the American Museum of Natural History China Expedition, 1916-1917. Entries cover September 18, 1916 - January 6, 1917. The field book is unbound, and entries are dated. Details include date, weather, time of day, daily activities, extensive descriptions of food, agriculture (rice), communities and structures (temples), campsites, and people of areas traveled. Includes descriptions of flora and fauna, sometimes in lists by location. These detail birds, rodents, and other mammals seen and collected, the environment where collected (including elevation), abundance, as well as collection and preparation methods. Locations include Yunnan and Szechuan [Sichuan], China.
Subjects
American Museum of Natural History China Expeditio
,
China
,
Field notes
,
Ornithology
,
Sichuan
,
Yunnan
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
BHL Field Notes Project
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.123339
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51400038
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