Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History
Subtitle: Journal based upon the letters of Charles Cutler Curtis
Contributors: American Museum of Natural History; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); American Museum of Natural History Field Book Project (2015)
Published: 1930
Language: eng
Number of pages: 91
Subjects: Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941); Scientific expeditions; Travel; Birds; Description and travel
Other titles: Journal based upon the letters of Charles Cutler Curtis.; Curtis letters, Jan.-July 1922
Description: Field notes and observations during Curtis's time as field assistant. Curtis was an overseer of a coconut plantation in Tahiti who joined the expedition and helped collect specimens from various islands in Polynesia including the Marquesas, the Society Islands, the Austral Islands, and the Pitcairn Islands.
Notes: Typescript, with typescript letter from Curtis to Robert C. Murphy (dated November 19, 1931) laid in.

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