Field notebook : Colombia, 1952 February-March

Related Titles

Contained In: Richard Evans Schultes papers
Series: Global Plants Initiative Field Notes Collections

External Resources

Collection guide: Richard Evans Schultes papers, 1925-2003. Harvard University Botany Libraries

By

Schultes, Richard Evans, 1915-2001

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

Notes

Notebook containing an account of a trip to the Apaporis River and Cachivera de Jerijerimo [Jirijirimo], including a hand drawn map, itinerary, descriptions of the areas visited, vocabulary in local languages, and a description of coca preparation. Contains a draft of a letter to Schultes's classmate and editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin, William Bentwick-Smith, as well as one photograph of a local.

Contains notes on Macuna words and grammar, as well as basic vocabulary and plant names in various local languages (Carijona, Macuna, Puinave, Tanimuca-Retuama, and Yucuna).

Subjects

Apaporis River (Colombia and Brazil) , Coca , Colombia , Description and travel , Glossaries, vocabularies, etc , Macuna language , Miritiparaná River (Colombia) , Photographs , Plant names, Popular , Puinave language , Schultes, Richard Evans , Sketch maps , Tanimuca-Retuama language , Travel , Yucuna language

BHL Collections

Earth Optimism

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.151366
OCLC: 932102235