Title
Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the West Coast of South America, 1926-1927 : station data, stations 1-69, August 29, 1926 - January 22, 1927
Title Variants
Alternative:
Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the West Coast of South America, 1926-1927 : station data, stations 1-127, August 29, 1926 - May 18, 1927 (1 of 2)
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
1926-1927
Notes
The station data documents Waldo Schmitt's work during the Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedition to the West Coast of South America, 1926-1927. Station data covers stations 1-69, August 29, 1926 - January 22, 1927. Includes a notebook and loose sheets of paper. The loose list details numbered locations, location names, dates, and related remarks. The notebook includes notes about specimen collecting sites including terrain, surrounding industry and structures; types (listed by scientific name), appearance, and characteristics of specimens collected; and challenges while collecting. Entries are often numbered. Includes sketches of specimens. Locations in South America include the vicinity of Peru (Callao), Ecuador (Guayaquil), Chile (Isla Chiloé), and Falkland Islands.
Subjects
Callao
,
Chile
,
Chiloé, Isla
,
Crustaceans
,
Ecuador
,
Falkland Islands
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Field notes
,
Guayaquil
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Peru
,
South America
,
Walter Rathbone Bacon Traveling Scholarship Expedi
,
Zoology
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.129889
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