Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934: diary, December 3, 1933 - March 10, 1934, original, volume 2, pages 1-111 of volume 2 contain station data

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 (2 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

1933-1934

Notes

The second volume of the diary documents Waldo Schmitt's work with the Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934. It covers dates February 27 - March 10, 1934. Pages 1-111 of volume 2 contain station data. The entries are dated, and include descriptions of destinations; specimens collected; wildlife and vegetation observed; air and water temperature; weather; and interactions with participants. Locations include the vicinity of Oaxaca, Mexico; Guayaquil and La Plata, Ecuador; Gorgona Island; and Galapagos Islands [Archipiélago de Colón], Tangola-Tangola [Bahía Tangolunda], Tenacatita Bay [Bahía Tenacatita], Isabel Island and Magdalena Bay [Bahía Magdalena] in Mexico.

Subjects

Colon, Archipielago de , Crustaceans , Diary , Ecuador , Field notes , Guayaquil , Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions (1933-1935) , Isabela, Isla , La Plata , Magdalena, Bahía , Mexico , Oaxaca , Tangolunda, Bahía , Tenacatita, Bahía , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.132159