E. P. Killip, Journal, Colombia, 1939

Related Titles

Contained In: Ellsworth Paine Killip field notes from the Department of Botany

Series: SIA Acc. 12-053

Series: Smithsonian field book project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Killip, Ellsworth P. (Ellsworth Paine), 1890-1968

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1939

Notes

English

This item refers to Killip's daily journal of life in Colombia, 1939. The book includes entries for January 1 to May 11, 1939, with the remaining pages blank. The daily entries are narrative in nature and include accounts of his personal and professional activities. Some entries refer to Killip's work collecting botanical specimens in the field. Killip describes his travels, including sailing aboard the vessel Carabobo. Localities include Gorgona, Cali, Rio Ocoa, Bogota, and San Juan River.

Subjects

Bogota , Botany , Cali , Colombia , Diary , Field notes , Gorgona, Isla , San Juan

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.87873