Title
Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934 : diary, December 24, 1933 - March 10, 1934, original, volume 1
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 (1 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
Notes
The first volume of the diary documents Waldo Schmitt's work on the Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expedition, 1934. Dates cover December 24, 1933 - February 26, 1934. Entries are headed with date, and detail destinations, weather, participants, progress and routines during aboard ship, collecting activities and locations; specimens and wildlife observed; interactions with local inhabitants and their families; and conditions and descriptions of local residences. Locations include the vicinity of Oaxaca, Mexico; Guayaquil and La Plata, Ecuador; Gorgona Island; and Galapagos Islands [Archipiélago de Colón].
Subjects
Colon, Archipielago de
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Crustaceans
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Diary
,
Ecuador
,
Field notes
,
Gorgona, Isla
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Guayaquil
,
Hancock Pacific-Galapagos Expeditions (1933-1935)
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La Plata
,
Mexico
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Oaxaca
,
Panama
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.128344
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