[Guadeloupe, Saint Vincent, 'Cluett' Voyage] 1915-1916
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Heilprin Exploration Fund Expedition of 1915 (Guadeloupe) The Heilprin Exploration Fund was established in 1914 by relatives of the noted explorer and geographer, the late An- gelo Heilprin of Philadelphia, for the purpose of aiding geo- graphical work under the aus- pices of the American Mu- suem of Natural History. On account of Professor Heilprin's well-known work on the 1902- 1903 eruptions of Mt. Pele, Mar- tinique, it was considered particularly appropriate that the first work under the fund should concern the active