Report on the exploration of the Region of the Rio Colorado Departamento de Madre de Dios
Collection — huntington box: 8 - folder 1
Identifier: 9232
Scope and content
The typescript report is prefaced with a letter signed by Fejos, as the director of the expedition, to his Excellency Gunnar Reuterskiöld, envoy extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Sweden. The letter asks that the report be transmitted to the Peruvian Government. The report covers a range of topics about the area and the people who live there. Also some history about previous explorations of the area and the organization of this expedition. Also included are charts of temperatures, acknowledgements, and a map.
Dates
- 1940
Creator
- Fejos, Paul, 1897-1963. (Person)
- Huntington Free Library (Former owner, Organization)
Extent
40 pages. (40 pages.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Provenance: Huntington Free Library. Gift to HFL from Paul Fejos, March 1942.
- Gunnar. Reuterskiöld
- Incas.
- Indians of South America -- Social life and customs
- Indians of South America.
- Madre de Dios (Peru : Department) -- Description and travel.
- Madre de Dios (Peru : Department) -- History.
- Madre de Dios (Peru : Department) -- Maps.
- Madre de Dios (Peru : Department) -- Social conditions.
- Madre de Dios (Peru : Department) -- Social life and customs.
- Madre de Dios (Peru : Department).
- Paul Fejos, 1897-1963.
- Wenner-Gren scientific expedition to Hispanic America, 1940-1942
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
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2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)