Jungle Islands : the "Illyria" in the South Seas : the record of the Crane Pacific Expedition, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois
Description: "The Cornelius Crane Pacific Expedition of Field Museum of Natural History, of which this book is a chronicle, was one of the most important zoological expeditions undertaken for the Museum in recent years. Of unusual interest on account of the long and varied itinerary covered, this voyage aboard Mr. Cornelius Crane's brigantine yacht, the Illyria, had an especially romantic aspect because in large part it followed the track of the two great pioneers of science, Darwin and Wallace, whose historic expeditions laid the foundations of our modern evolutionary zoology. The Illyria's journey was in part along the route of Darwin on the famous voyage of the Beagle. The path of Wallace, scientific trail-blazer in the East Indies, was taken up by the Crane party in New Guinea, the Moluccas and Celebes."--Introduction.
Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: "The Cornelius Crane Pacific Expedition of Field Museum of Natural History, of which this book is a chronicle, was one of the most important zoological expeditions undertaken…