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During the winter of 1894-1895, an event of excep- 
tional importance in Holmes’ career occurred. This 
was an exploring expedition to Yucatan with Mr. Alli- 
son V. Armour, of Chicago, in his good yacht [tuna. 
The chief result of this trip was the publication by the 
Field Museum of a volume of 338 pages, on the ancient 
ruins of Yucatan and Central America, with numerous 
illustrations of the remarkable ruined buildings and 
works of sculpture and with maps, ground plans of 
buildings and panoramic views of the cities.* 
In 1897, he returned to Washington to become Head 
Curator of the Department of Anthropology in the Na- 
tional Museum, this department including, besides eth- 
nology and archeology, the collections of technology, 
history and art. In 1900, he spent the months of Feb- 
ruary and March with Major Powell, studying the an- 
tiquities of the Island of Cuba, and later joined Secre- 
tary S. P. Langley, in Jamaica, assisting in the study of 
the flight of the turkey vulture, the object being to 
learn something of the secrets of flight and their pos- 
sible application to the development of the flying ma- 
*Archeological Studies Among the Ancient Rums of Mexico, in 
two parts, by W. H. Holmes. 
chine. Later, a third visit was made to Mexico during 
which interesting studies, scientific and artistic, were 
made. 
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