Tanna Islands : Southern New Hebrides

By

Macmillan, Lindsay.

American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection.
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[between 1936 and 1940]

Notes

Handwritten in pen.

Some pages are numbered.

Includes original notes and maps for Macmillans summary of the geologic area, and main bird groups in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu). Specific locations noted throughout the Tanna and Aniwa islands. Includes hand drawn colored topographical vegetation maps. These notes and maps were reproduced in Volume FF of Macmillans bound journals and notes. Macmillan led the Whitney South Sea Expedition from 1935 to 1940 and his wife Joy accompanied him on the expedition, acting as assistant.

Lindsay Macmillan was trained by A.J. Marshall, a well-known Australian ornithologist. Before joining the expedition, Macmillan was already well-versed in skinning and collecting bird specimens. He left the expedition to join the Australian military during World War II.

Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant.

Subjects

(1920-1941) , Aniwa Island , Birds , Description and travel , Field notes , Macmillan, Lindsay , Melanesia , Scientific Expeditions , Tanna Island , Topographical maps , Travel , Vanuatu , Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museu

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.128544
OCLC: 961274115
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51404549