Whitney South Seas Expedition: Excerpts from the journal of the Assistant Field Naturalist, 1920-1922.

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Whitney South Seas Expedition: Excerpts from the journal of the Assistant Field Naturalist, 1920-1922.

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Very detailed journals documenting the expedition as it left from San Francisco in September 1920 until November 1922 when Quayle resigned his position on the expedition. Islands visited include Tahiti, Marquesas Isles, and Austral Islands. Journals describe his collecting of birds and general observations of bird behavior, expedition life, observations of the inhabitants of the islands visited, geology, and natural features of the islands, as well as the flora and fauna.

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Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

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The Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History was an ornithological expedition originated by Dr. Leonard C. Sanford and funded by Harry Payne Whitney. Their mission was to systematically explore the many islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia for previously undiscovered or little-known bird specimens. At the time it was the most expansive ornithological expedition ever conceived, and active field research would last over two decades, from 1920 to 1941. Durin...

Whitney, Harry Payne, 1872-1930

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Biographical Note William Collins Whitney 1841 July 15 Born, Conway, Mass. 1863 Graduated, Yale College, New Haven, Conn. 1863 1864 Harvard Law School, Harvard University, Cambridge, ...

Quayle, Ernest H.

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Private, United States Marine Corps, during World War I. From the description of Ernest H. Quayle diary, 1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868113 The Whitney South Seas Expedition, sponsored by Harry Payne Whitney, took place between 1920 and 1940. Its main purpose was to collect bird specimens. From the description of Whitney South Seas Expedition: Excerpts from the journal of the Assistant Field Naturalist, 1920-1922. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 15548...