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The ''Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin'' was an scientific expedition to the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]]. It was organized by [[Henry Hurd Rusby]], who was 70 years old at the time was a well known explorer, professor at [[Columbia University]] and a staff member at the [[New York Botanical Garden]]. He hired [[Orland Emile White]], a staff member at the [[Brooklyn Botanic Garden]], to assist with collection and handling of plant specimens. |
The ''Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin'' was an scientific expedition to the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon]] conducted in 1921.<ref name =Science>{{cite journal|title=The Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin|journal=Science|date=19 August 1921|volume=54|issue=1390|page=148|url=https://archive.org/details/jstor-1646683|accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref> It was organized by [[Henry Hurd Rusby]], who was 70 years old at the time was a well known explorer, professor at [[Columbia University]] and a staff member at the [[New York Botanical Garden]]. He hired [[Orland Emile White]], a staff member at the [[Brooklyn Botanic Garden]], to assist with collection and handling of plant specimens. It's mission was to explore the [[Amazon Valley]] from the headwaters of the [[Quime River]] in [[Bolivia]] to the mouth of the [[Amazon River]] in [[Brazil]]. The expedition was financed by the [[H.K. Mulford Company]]. It left [[La Paz]], Bolivia in July 1921. Due to ill health, Rusby was forced to leave the expedition due to neuritis, an infected tooth and his age; but White and [[Martín Cárdenas (botanist)|Martin Cardenas]] continued to collect.<ref>{{cite news|title=RUSBY TURNS BACK FROM AMAZON TRIP|url=http://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/columbia?a=d&d=cs19220220-01.2.2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------#|accessdate=1 April 2014|newspaper=Columbia Daily Spectator|date=20 February 1922}}</ref> The expedition lasted eight months, but never reached the Amazon. |
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== Results == |
== Results == |
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The botanists returned with over 2,400 collections representing more than 1,500 species of plant life. Their collections included a large amount of [[Orchids (album)|orchids]], economic plants and seeds. Rusby worked through most of the samples himself identifying six new genera and 257 new species. The main collection from the expedition |
The botanists returned with over 2,400 collections representing more than 1,500 species of plant life. Their collections included a large amount of [[Orchids (album)|orchids]], termites,<ref>{{cite book|last=Snyder|first=Thomas Elliott|title=Termites Collected on the Mulford Biological Exploration to the Amazon Basin, 1921-22, &c|date=1926|publisher=Volume 68 of Proceedings of the United States National Museum|pages=76}}</ref> economic plants and seeds. Rusby worked through most of the samples himself identifying six new genera and 257 new species. The main collection from the expedition are located at the [[New York Botanical Garden]] and at the [[Brooklyn Botanic Garden]].<ref>http://www.bbg.org/research/herbarium_mulford</ref> |
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== White Waters and Black == |
== White Waters and Black == |
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== References == |
== References == |
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[http://www.bbg.org/research/herbarium_mulford Collections from the Mulford Expedition] |
[http://www.bbg.org/research/herbarium_mulford Collections from the Mulford Expedition] |
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Revision as of 01:18, 2 April 2014
The Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin was an scientific expedition to the Amazon conducted in 1921.[1] It was organized by Henry Hurd Rusby, who was 70 years old at the time was a well known explorer, professor at Columbia University and a staff member at the New York Botanical Garden. He hired Orland Emile White, a staff member at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, to assist with collection and handling of plant specimens. It's mission was to explore the Amazon Valley from the headwaters of the Quime River in Bolivia to the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. The expedition was financed by the H.K. Mulford Company. It left La Paz, Bolivia in July 1921. Due to ill health, Rusby was forced to leave the expedition due to neuritis, an infected tooth and his age; but White and Martin Cardenas continued to collect.[2] The expedition lasted eight months, but never reached the Amazon.
Results
The botanists returned with over 2,400 collections representing more than 1,500 species of plant life. Their collections included a large amount of orchids, termites,[3] economic plants and seeds. Rusby worked through most of the samples himself identifying six new genera and 257 new species. The main collection from the expedition are located at the New York Botanical Garden and at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.[4]
White Waters and Black
During the expedition, Gordon MacCreagh wrote a book about its trials and tribulations. White Waters and Black was published in 1923.
Members
- Henry Hurd Rusby, director
- William M. Mann, entomologist
- Orland Emile White, botanist
- Nathan Everett Pearson, ichthyologist
- Walter Duval Brown
- Frederick Ludwig Hoffman
- Gordon MacCreagh
- G. S. McCarty
- Martín Cárdenas (botanist)
References
- ^ "The Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin". Science. 54 (1390): 148. 19 August 1921. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "RUSBY TURNS BACK FROM AMAZON TRIP". Columbia Daily Spectator. 20 February 1922. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ Snyder, Thomas Elliott (1926). Termites Collected on the Mulford Biological Exploration to the Amazon Basin, 1921-22, &c. Volume 68 of Proceedings of the United States National Museum. p. 76.
- ^ http://www.bbg.org/research/herbarium_mulford
Se also
Collections from the Mulford Expedition