Oral history interview with Victor Oppenheim, 1995 October 15, 22 and 1996 January 20, February 18.

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Oral history interview with Victor Oppenheim, 1995 October 15, 22 and 1996 January 20, February 18.

Interview with Victor Oppenheim, a geologist and explorer, concerning his experiences working in mineral exploration and drawing geological maps for various governments in South America from 1929 to 1975. Oppenheim discusses being a geological consultant to governments of Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru; being a research geologist for the governments of Bolivia, Ecuador, Uruguay, and Venezuela; coal and oil discoveries; the completion of the first geological map of South America in 1944; his views on evolution and religion; archeological discoveries; and his geological activities in Texas, Alaska, and West Africa. Includes an Appendix.

232, [12] leaves : ill., facsims. ; 29 cm.

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