Itinerary and journal of Heller, April to November 1915

Title Variants

Alternative: Itinerary in Peru

Related Titles

Contained In: Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918

Series: SIA RU007179

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1915

Notes

This is the itinerary and journal of Edmund Heller's field work with Dr. Hiram Bingham in the National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvian Expedition, 1915. Includes typed carbon copy and handwritten version. Pages are numbered. Notes cover April to November 1915. Entries are dated and subject matter includes weather, references to Peruvians working with them (by name), descriptions of terrain (including descriptions of geological makeup) and vegetation including area agriculture, comments about abundance of certain types of plants, specimens collected (birds and mammals including deer, bears, rodents, rodents) and method used and under what circumstances, wildlife observed (birds). Mentions collecting at night. Notes include significant editing. Locations include Cuzco, Huarocondo River, Ollantaytambo, Occobamba, and Lucma, Peru.

Subjects

Botany , Cuzco , Field notes , Huarocondo , Itineraries , Lucma , Mammalogy , National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvi , Ocobamba, Río , Ollantaytambo , Ornithology , Peru , Zoology

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English