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Rainey African Expedition, 1911-1912

Catalog Data

Alternate Name:
Heller-Rainey Expedition  Search this
Record type:
Expedition name
Place:
Africa
Kenya
Mombasa
Loita Plains
Nairobi
Kirinyaga
Lake Victoria
Date Range:
1911 - 1912
Description:
Following the conclusion of the Smithsonian-Roosevelt Expedition [Smithsonian African Expedition], Paul J. Rainey offered to take a Smithsonian naturalist on his trip to British East Africa. At that time, Edmund Heller was working on the mammal collection which had come in from the Roosevelt Expedition. He was temporarily removed from that work and accompanied Rainey to Africa, leaving New York on February 18, 1911, joining Rainey in Naples and arriving in Mombasa on March 22. The expedition's route covered territory north and east of that covered by the Roosevelt expedition and included the country between northern British East Africa [Kenya] and southern Abyssinia. Important localities visited included the Mombasa region, the Loiti [Loita] Plains, Nairobi and vicinity, Fort Hall, Mount Kenia [Kirinyaga] and vicinity, Mount Uaragess and vicinity and the Kavirando Bay region of Lake Victoria.
Topic:
Zoology  Search this
See more records related to participants:
Rainey, Paul James, 1877-1923
Heller, Edmund, 1875-1939
See more records related to this expedition:
Rainey African Expedition, 1911-1912
Data Source:
Smithsonian Field Book Project
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:auth_exp_fbr_EACE0082