[Notes on Papua New Guinea]
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1953
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Various notes kept by Van Deusen, estimated from the 4th Archbold Expedition to New Guinea, including some local language terms, a list of native personnel, some specimen notes and first aid directions. Also includes a key for notations regarding specimen coloration and a reference species tally for Mt. Simpson, Mt. Mur, the Maneao (Maneau) Range and Mt. Orian. The expedition focused on the Cape Vogel Peninsula of Papua New Guinea and particularly Mt. Dayman in the Maneau Range. Also contains one sketch of the Tubuai Islands. Hobart M. Van Deusen was a mammalogist and Assistant Curator of the Archbold Collections in the American Museum of Natural History Department of Mammalogy. He participated in the Cape York Expedition as well as three of the Archbold New Guinea Expeditions, leading the seventh in 1964.
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[7] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm; Handwritten in spiral notebook.
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Van Deusen, Hobart M. -- Travel -- Papua New Guinea., Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (4th : 1953), Scientific expeditions -- Papua New Guinea., Mammals -- Papua New Guinea., Papua New Guinea -- Description and travel., Milne Bay Province (Papua New Guinea) -- Description and travel.