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Chronological summary and guide to Whitney Expedition journals

Creator Bryan, E. H. (Edwin Horace), 1898-1985; American Museum of Natural History. Department of Ornithology. Whitney South Sea Expeditions Collection; American Museum of Natural History; Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)

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Whidbey SS Exp
June 6/28/23 only

ITINERARY.

1920
Sept. 14 - Sept. 25. San Francisco to Tahiti.
Passed Tetuaroa Island -- Sept. 25.
Reached Papeete, Tahiti -- Sept. 25.
(Papenoo and Papenoo River -- Sept. 27.)
Sept. 25 - Jan. 7, 1921. -- Tahiti.
Society Jo.
Punaruu River -- Oct. 11 - Oct. 22.

Quayle on separate trips:-
Faa- Taa Creek -- Oct. 25.
Pt. Venus -- Oct. 28.
Maesa (Pirae-Aorhi.) -- Nov. 8.
Papenoo River -- Nov. 30 - Dec. 7.
Papenoo River -- Dec. 9 - Dec. 23.

1921
Jan. 7 - Left Tahiti on the "Moana" for Christmas Island.
Jan. 9 - Off Makatea Island.
Jan. 10 - Sighted Rangiroa Island.
Jan. 11 - sighted Arutua, and Takapoto Islands.
Jan. 18 - Sighted Huapu Island, and Nukuhiva Island.
Jan. 19 - Reached Hivaoa at the west end.
Jan. 19 - Jan. 27 -- at Hivaoa.
Marquesas
Jan. 27 - Left Hivaoa for Christmas Island.
Jan. 28 - off Hergest Rock.