Title
Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (4 of 5)
Related Titles
Contained In:
Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918
Series:
Biodiversity Heritage Library Field Notes Project
Series:
SIA RU007179
By
Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1917
Notes
This is 4 of 5 handwritten journals by Edmund Heller documenting the American Museum of Natural History China Expedition,1916-1917. Entries cover c. June 26 - August 22, 1917. The field book is unbound, and entries are dated. Details include date, weather, time of day, daily activities, vegetation and terrain, local customs and holidays, extensive descriptions of food, agriculture (rice), communities (temples), and people of areas traveled. Specimens collecting includes birds and mammals. There are references to language work by "Judge Cotton" and visiting museums in Calcutta [Kolkata]. Locations include Rangoon [Yangon] in Burma [Myanmar], the vicinity of Kinchinjunga [K nchenjunga], and Calcutta [Kolkata], India.
Subjects
American Museum of Natural History China Expeditio
,
Field notes
,
India
,
K nchenjunga
,
Kolkata
,
Myanmar
,
Yangon
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
BHL Field Notes Project
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.123283
Wikidata:
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51399973
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