Object Details
- Abstract
- The diary documents Waldo Shmitt's participation in the United States Navy Expedition to the Galapagos Islands, 1941. Entries are dated. Subject matter includes descriptions of islands (Malpelo), types and sizes of fish caught, air and water temperatures, daily activities with expedition participants, sometimes times day long data (winds, temp, time anchoring, underway, sometimes destinations, etc), collecting trips ashore, observed wildlife, supplies used,quantities of specimens, Locations include the vicinity of Panama, Isla de Malpelo, Villamil and the Galapagos Islands [Archipiélago de Colón].
- Date Range
- 1941
- Start Date
- 19410402
- End Date
- 19410428
- Accession #
- SIA RU007231
- Access Information
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- Record type
- Fieldbook record
- Object Type
- Field notes
- Diary
- Collection name
- Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978
- Physical Description
- 1 field book
- Physical Location
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Sublocation
- Box 101
- Place
- Panama
- Colón, Archipiélago de
- Malpelo, Isla de
- Villamil
- Ecuador
- See more records from this collection
- Waldo L. Schmitt Papers, 1907-1978
- See more records associated with this person
- Schmitt, Waldo L. (Waldo Lasalle), 1887-1977
- See more records associated with this expedition
- United States Navy Galapagos Expedition (1941-1942)
- Smithsonian Field Book Project
- Topic
- Zoology
- Ichthyology
- Record ID
- fbr_item_MODSI1485
Location: Record Unit 007231, Box 101, Folder 1
Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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