This is 4 of 5 handwritten journals by Edmund Heller documenting the American Museum of Natural History China Expedition,1916-1917. Entries cover c. June 26 - August 22, 1917. The field book is unbound, and entries are dated. Details include date, weather, time of day, daily activities, vegetation and terrain, local customs and holidays, extensive descriptions of food, agriculture (rice), communities (temples), and people of areas traveled. Specimens collecting includes birds and mammals. There are references to language work by "Judge Cotton" and visiting museums in Calcutta [Kolkata]. Locations include Rangoon [Yangon] in Burma [Myanmar], the vicinity of Kinchinjunga [Kānchenjunga], and Calcutta [Kolkata], India.
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