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[Field catalog, Cape York Expedition]

Title

[Field catalog, Cape York Expedition]

Title Variants

Alternative: 1948 Cape York Exp-Archbold

By

Cape York Expedition (1948)

Tate, G. H. H. (George Henry Hamilton), 1894-1953
Van Deusen, Hobart M.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Mammalogy. Field Book Collection.

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[1948]

Notes

Typescript (some carbons) and handwritten notes in spring-clasped binder.

Includes one hand-sketched map of North Queensland, Australia.

Only 76 pages are filled.

Catalog of specimens collected during the Cape York Expedition. Information includes specimen number, type, stamped collection number, sex, measurements, date, location and notes such as collector, type of location, and weight. Primarily mammals recorded, as well as a small group of reptiles and amphibians. Additional material collected in binding includes a note from Tate regarding remaining locations, a list of specimens collected by other participants, a map and a partial index to the catalog. Locations mentioned include Queensland, Newcastle Bay, Thursday Island, Somerset, Portland Rocks, Iron Range, Mt. Finnegan and Cooktown. G. H. H. Tate was scientist and Hobart Van Deusen was acting mammalogist on this expedition.

Includes specimen numbers 10001 to 11640.

Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant.