Title
Notebooks, circa 1896-1897 : vol. V, Japan, 1896
Related Titles
Contained In:
Leonhard Stejneger Papers, 1753, 1867-1943
Series:
SIA RU007074
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Stejneger, Leonhard, 1851-1943
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1896
Notes
This field book contains Stejneger's notes from his research in Hakodate, Hokkaido in the northern region of Japan. Pages are numbered 501-559. Stejneger's narrative entries contain explanatory notes regarding the characteristics of different seal herds, seal migration patterns, and attitudes of local pelagic sealers on various issues including implementing a closed season for hunting. Also included is a timeline beginning 1877 of the number of seals and sea otters killed, the locations, and other notes regarding sealing for that year.
Subjects
Diary
,
Field notes
,
Hakodate
,
International Fur-Seal Commission
,
Japan
,
Northern fur seal
,
Zoologists
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.141597
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