Whitney South Sea Expedition Journal and notes of Hannibal Hamlin

Title Variants

Alternative: Journal and notes of Hannibal Hamlin

By

Hamlin, Hannibal, 1904-1982

American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology.
American Museum of Natural History Field Book Project 2015-
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

[between 1930 and 1941]

Notes

Bound volumes.

Typescript, based on original field notes written between 1927 and 1930.

Newspaper clippings lightly pasted throughout.

Contents: v. 1. 1927-1928 -- v. 2. 1928-1930

Daily notes, observations, and journal entries from Hamlin's time as participant and leader of the Whitney South Sea Expedition from 1927 to 1930 in various islands in Melanesia, including the Solomon Islands, the Louisiade Archipelago, the D'Entrecasteaux island group, Woodlark Island, the Trobriands, and Papua New Guinea. After original leader Rollo Beck retired, Hamlin was appointed leader of the expedition from March 1928 until January 1930. He left the expedition in August 1930.

Subjects

(1920-1941) , 1904-1982 , Birds , Description and travel , Field notes , Hamlin, Hannibal, , Melanesia , Scientific Expeditions , Travel , Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museu

BHL Collections

BHL Field Notes Project

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.124032
OCLC: 919314498
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51400936