Travel Diary IV, Nicaragua, 1893

Related Titles

Contained In: Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936

Series: SIA RU007082

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

By

Shimek, Bohumil, 1861-1937

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1893

Notes

The travel diary is the fourth of four field books documenting Bohumil Shimek's observations in Nicaragua, April 4 - 16, 1893. Notes start from front and back. One direction, entries are dated and discuss method of travel, individuals met, places visited, description of terrain, work at plantations, weather, specimens collected, fauna observed (birds), and voyage back to United States. From the other direction are numbered descriptions of flora, including illustrations, descriptions of appearance listed by part (root stem, leaf, flower), and measurements. Locations include Boca del Rama, Rama river, and Cape Gracias de Dios [Cabo Gracias a Dios], Nicaragua.

Subjects

Botany , Cabo Gracias a Dios , Field notes , Illustrations , Nicaragua , Rama

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.148908