Whitney South Sea expedition
Bookreader Item Preview
Share or Embed This Item
- Publication date
- 1931
- Topics
- Birds, Travel, Scientific expeditions, Coultas, William F, France (Schooner), Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)
- Contributor
- American Museum of Natural History Library
- Language
- English
- Rights-holder
- American Museum of Natural History Library
- Volume
- 3
Unbound pages
The AMNH Whitney South Sea Expedition was an expedition initiated by Dr. Leonard C. Sanford and funded by Harry Payne Whitney, with the mission of systematically exploring Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia for previously undiscovered or little-known bird specimens. It was the largest ornithological expedition ever conceived. Active field research was conducted from 1920 to 1941. These unbound specimen sheets created by Coultas reflect the better part of his leadership tenure of the Expedition and an array of collected specimens. Coultas was a professional collector who participated in the expedition from late 1929 to 1935. He was selected to be the third leader, directing the expedition between 1930 and 1935
v. 1. Nos. 41587-41803, Guam, Marianne Islands, Aug. 10-Aug. 22, 1931 -- v. 2. Nos. 41801-42387, Tinian, Marianne Islands, Sept. 7, 1931-Dec. 20, 1931 -- v. 3. Nos. 43288-42919, New Britain, New Guinea, Mar. 1, 1932-June 23, 1932 -- v. 4. Nos. 42920-43448, New Britain, July 20, 1932-Sept. 11, 1932 -- v. 5. Nos. 43449-44507, Bungula Bay, October 1932-June 1933 -- v. 6. Nos. 44508-45209, New Britain, Talele Islands, July 16, 1933-Jan. 31, 1934 -- v. 7. Nos. 45210-45775, Admiralty Islands, Feb. 10, 1934-July 28, 1934 -- v. 8. Nos. 45776-46382, Lihir Group, Sept. 7, 1934-Nov, 1934
Part of AMNH Ornithology Archives
Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant
The AMNH Whitney South Sea Expedition was an expedition initiated by Dr. Leonard C. Sanford and funded by Harry Payne Whitney, with the mission of systematically exploring Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia for previously undiscovered or little-known bird specimens. It was the largest ornithological expedition ever conceived. Active field research was conducted from 1920 to 1941. These unbound specimen sheets created by Coultas reflect the better part of his leadership tenure of the Expedition and an array of collected specimens. Coultas was a professional collector who participated in the expedition from late 1929 to 1935. He was selected to be the third leader, directing the expedition between 1930 and 1935
v. 1. Nos. 41587-41803, Guam, Marianne Islands, Aug. 10-Aug. 22, 1931 -- v. 2. Nos. 41801-42387, Tinian, Marianne Islands, Sept. 7, 1931-Dec. 20, 1931 -- v. 3. Nos. 43288-42919, New Britain, New Guinea, Mar. 1, 1932-June 23, 1932 -- v. 4. Nos. 42920-43448, New Britain, July 20, 1932-Sept. 11, 1932 -- v. 5. Nos. 43449-44507, Bungula Bay, October 1932-June 1933 -- v. 6. Nos. 44508-45209, New Britain, Talele Islands, July 16, 1933-Jan. 31, 1934 -- v. 7. Nos. 45210-45775, Admiralty Islands, Feb. 10, 1934-July 28, 1934 -- v. 8. Nos. 45776-46382, Lihir Group, Sept. 7, 1934-Nov, 1934
Part of AMNH Ornithology Archives
Cataloged through a 2015 Leon Levy Foundation Archives grant
- Abstract
- The AMNH Whitney South Sea Expedition was an expedition initiated by Dr. Leonard C. Sanford and funded by Harry Payne Whitney, with the mission of systematically exploring Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia for previously undiscovered or little-known bird specimens. It was the largest ornithological expedition ever conceived. Active field research was conducted from 1920 to 1941. These unbound specimen sheets created by Coultas reflect the better part of his leadership tenure of the Expedition and an array of collected specimens. Coultas was a professional collector who participated in the expedition from late 1929 to 1935. He was selected to be the third leader, directing the expedition between 1930 and 1935.
- Addeddate
- 2017-05-10 00:30:35
- Betterpdf
- true
- Call number
- 100220838
- Call-number
- 100220838
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Genre
- Field notes
- Identifier
- whitneysouthsea3coul
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t2d84q95g
- Identifier-bib
- 100220838
- Ocr
- ABBYY FineReader 11.0
- Pages
- 58
- Possible copyright status
- In copyright. Digitized with the permission of the rights holder.
- Ppi
- 335
- Scanning-institution
- American Museum of Natural History Library
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
This book is available with additional data at Biodiversity Heritage Library.
comment
Reviews
There are no reviews yet. Be the first one to
write a review.
205 Views
1 Favorite
DOWNLOAD OPTIONS
For users with print-disabilities
IN COLLECTIONS
BHL Field Notes Project American Museum of Natural History Field Notes Biodiversity Heritage Library American Museum of Natural HistoryUploaded by amnhbhl on