Chronological summary and guide to Whitney Expedition journals
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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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WHITNEY SOUTH SEA EXPEDITION ITINERARY 1920 Sept. 14-25 San Francisco to Tahiti Sept. 25 Passed Tetuaroa I., reached Papeete, Tahiti Sept. 27 Papenoo and Papenoo River Oct. 11-22 Punaruu River Quayle on separate trips:- Oct. 25 Faataa Creek Oct. 28 Pt. Venus Nov. 8 Maaea (Pirae-Aorhi) Nov. 30- Dec. 7; Dec. 9-23 Papenoo River 1921 Jan. 7 Left Tahiti on the "Moana" for Christmas I. Jan. 9 Off Makatea Jan. 10 Sighted Rangiroa Jan. 11 Sighted Arutua and Takapoto Jan. 18 Sighted Huapu and Nukuhiva. Jan. 19-27 Hivaoa Jan. 28 Off Hergest Rock Feb. 9-18 Christmas I. Feb. 10-17 Trips to Motu Upoa, Motu Tabu and Cook I. Feb. 18 Left Christmas I. Feb. 23 Sighted Starbuck Mar. 3 Off Moorea. Reached Papeete, Tahiti Mar. 18 Left Papeete on "Pro Patria" Mar. 21 Rurutu Mar. 24 Rimitara