Field journal of Heller, March to April 1915
date: label: Date Range
content: 1915
label: Start Date
content: 19150300
label: End Date
content: 19150400
name: label: Alternate Title
content: Field journal of Heller, March to April 1915 and December 1915 to February 1916 (1 of 2)
notes: label: Abstract
content: The field journal of Edmund Heller covers his field work in Peru and South America, March to April 1915. Entries are dated and include information relating to a visit to the Lima Zoo, photographing animals, a bull fight, cruise to Valparaiso, vegetation and terrain, elevation, weather, reference to discussion of Incan hunting methods, descriptions of breakwaters around commercial ports, impressions of Peruvians met, birds observed, travel by train, visit to a race track, interactions with colleagues. Locations include Mollendo, Arica (now Chile), Iquique, Santiago, Cerro Santa Lucia, Montevideo. Most are assumed to be in Chile and Peru, but some locations are not determined with certainty.
place: label: Place
content: Peru
label: Place
content: Mollendo
label: Place
content: Iquique
label: Place
content: Arica
label: Place
content: Chile
label: Place
content: Santa Lucía, Cerro
topic: label: Topic
content: Ornithology
setName: label: See more records from this collection
content: Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918
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content: Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939
label: See more records associated with this expedition
content: National Geographic Society Yale University Peruvian Expedition, 1915
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Smithsonian Field Book Project
identifier: label: Accession #
content: SIA RU007179
objectType: label: Record type
content: Fieldbook record
label: Object Type
content: Field notes
objectRights: label: Access Information
content: Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu.
physicalDescription: label: Collection name
content: Edmund Heller Papers, circa 1898-1918
label: Physical Description
content: 1 field book
label: Physical Location
content: Smithsonian Institution Archives
label: Sublocation
content: Box 7 Folder 7