Roy Chapman Andrews
Whale Hunting With Gun And Camera; A Naturalist's Account Of The Modern Shore-Whaling Industry, Of Whales And Their Habits, And Of Hunting Experiences In Various Parts Of The World
Roy Chapman Andrews
Whale Hunting With Gun And Camera; A Naturalist's Account Of The Modern Shore-Whaling Industry, Of Whales And Their Habits, And Of Hunting Experiences In Various Parts Of The World
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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- Verlag: Morrison Press
- Seitenzahl: 356
- Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
- Gewicht: 502g
- ISBN-13: 9781408652039
- ISBN-10: 140865203X
- Artikelnr.: 23562383
- Verlag: Morrison Press
- Seitenzahl: 356
- Erscheinungstermin: 29. Februar 2008
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 21mm
- Gewicht: 502g
- ISBN-13: 9781408652039
- ISBN-10: 140865203X
- Artikelnr.: 23562383
Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 - March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions through the politically disturbed China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. His popular writings about his adventures made him famous. From 1909 to 1910, Andrews sailed on the USS Albatross to the East Indies, collecting snakes and lizards and observing marine mammals. In 1913, he sailed aboard the schooner Adventuress with owner John Borden to the Arctic. They were hoping to obtain a bowhead whale specimen for the American Museum of Natural History. On this expedition, he filmed some of the best footage of seals ever seen, though did not succeed in acquiring a whale specimen. He married Yvette Borup in 1914. From 1916 to 1917, Andrews and his wife led the Asiatic Zoological Expedition of the museum through much of western and southern Yunnan, as well as other provinces of China. The book Camps and Trails in China records their experiences. In 1920, Andrews began planning for expeditions to Mongolia and drove a fleet of Dodge cars westward from Peking. In 1922, the party discovered a fossil of Indricotherium (then named "Baluchitherium"), a gigantic hornless rhinoceros, which was sent back to the museum, arriving on December 19. The fossil species Andrewsarchus was named after him. Andrews, along with Henry Fairfield Osborn, was a proponent of the Out of Asia theory of humanity's origins and led several expeditions to Asia from 1922 to 1928 known as the "Central Asiatic Expeditions" to search for the earliest human remains in Asia.