Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957 : manuscript on expedition by Waldo LaSalle Schmitt (unpublished)

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

1957

Notes

The unpublished manuscript by Waldo LaSalle Schmitt documents the work completed during the Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 1957. Discusses members of the expedition and their backgrounds, the earthquake in San Francisco, California in 1957, distances traveled and details about locations visited. The manuscript is organized chronologically. Details collecting activities with descriptions of locations and specimens gathered, local food eaten, descriptions of the crew and participants, annual dance festival, and spiny lobsters as food and specimens. Includes multiple locations through out French Polynesia Society Islands [Îles de la Société] and Tuamotu Islands including Huahine, Raiatea, Makatea, Bora-Bora, and Tahiti.

Subjects

Bora-Bora , Field notes , French Polynesia , Huahine , Makatea , Marine biology , Moorea , Raiatea , Smithsonian-Bredin Society Islands Expedition, 195 , Société, Îles de la , Tahiti , Tuamotu Islands , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.131768