Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934 : diary, December 24, 1933 - March 10, 1934, original, volume 1

Title Variants

Alternative: Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934 : diary, December 24, 1933 - March 10, 1934, Original (two volumes) and typed copy. Pages 1-111 of volume 2 contain station data (1 of 3)

Related Titles

Contained In: Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978

Series: SIA RU007231

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1933

Notes

The first volume of the diary documents Waldo Schmitt's work on the Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934. Dates cover December 24, 1933 - February 26, 1934. Entries are headed with date, and detail destinations, weather, participants, progress and routines during aboard ship, collecting activities and locations; specimens and wildlife observed; interactions with local inhabitants and their families; and conditions and descriptions of local residences. Locations include the vicinity of Oaxaca, Mexico; Guayaquil and La Plata, Ecuador; Gorgona Island; and Galapagos Islands [Archipiélago de Colón].

Subjects

Colon, Archipielago de , Crustaceans , Diary , Ecuador , Field notes , Gorgona, Isla , Guayaquil , Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions (1933-1935) , La Plata , Mexico , Oaxaca , Panama , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.128344