The Galapagos Cruise of the Camargo
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: HSFA 1994.9.2
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Fleischmann, Julius
label: Collection Creator
content: Fleischmann, Dorette
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content: Julius and Dorette Fleischmann films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Film reels (1 hour 37 minutes, black-and-white silent; 2,528 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1930
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film documents the cruise of Fleischmann family and friends to the Galapagos Islands and Peru on the Fleischmann ship, the "Camargo." Highlights of thefilm include: going through the Panama Canal; a stop at Cocos Island, Costa Rica; fishing for sharks, tuna, sailfish, and sea turtles; and wildlife on the Galapagos where the Fleischmann party collected live specimens of land tortoise, iguanas, penguins, goats, boobies, frigate birds and turtles. In Peru scenes include: railroad journey through the mountains from Callao to Lima; excavating Incan mummy bundles at a desert site near Lima; bull fight and views of Ancon Harbor in Lima; Fleischmann party going ashore and visiting the hacienda of friends near Trujillo at Salaverry; and visit to the archaeological site of Chan-Chan, seat of the ancient Chimu empire (including excavating mummy bundles and pottery). Returning to the United States the Camargo stops in the Pearl Islands with scenes of fishing for red snapper, sea bass, marlin and the giant ray or "devilfish," visits one of the villages near Georgetown on Grand Cayman Island and visits Sagua le Grande, Cuba with scenes of animals and crew on ship. In the United States, the party visits Middleton Plantation and the Magnolia Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina.

Legacy Keywords: Galapagos Islands ; Jamaica ; South America ; Lima (Peru) ; Trujillo, Peru ; South Carolina Charleston ; Cuba ; South America Description and travel ; Birds ; Mummies ; Rafts ; Railroads ; Ports