• Medientyp: Elektronische Ressource
  • Titel: Whitney South Sea Expedition. Letters from Rollo H. Beck, field representative from the Museum, from May 12, 1920 to date (July 4, 1923), with other papers relating to the endowment and conduct of the Expedition. ; Field letters. I, May 1920-July 1923 ; Beck's field letters. I, May 1920-July 1923
  • Beteiligte: Beck, Rollo Howard, 1870-1950. [VerfasserIn]; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) [VerfasserIn]; American Museum of Natural History. [VerfasserIn]; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection. [VerfasserIn]
  • Erschienen: American Museum of Natural History: AMNH scientific publications, 1920
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Schlagwörter: Oceania -- Description and travel ; Beck ; Scientific expeditions -- Oceania ; Birds -- Oceania ; Rapa (French Polynesia) -- Description and travel ; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941) ; Rollo Howard
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  • Beschreibung: 176 leaves ; 27 cm ; Letters discussing finance, progress, and various assignments of the Whitney South Seas Expedition, mostly between Beck and Frank M. Chapman and Robert C. Murphy. Beck was the leader of field research for the first eight years of the Whitney South Seas Expedition.During Beck's lifetime, he was considered the foremost collector in the field and was renowned for his ability to quickly prepare well-made studyskins of birds. He was a leader on the AMNH Brewster-Sanford Expedition (1912-1917) before joining Whitney South Seas Expedition. ; CLIR