IDNO

LS.26695.WHI

Description

On catalogue card: "S. America.
N.W. America. 175.Map.1, 2.
Map of S. America, showing area of Capt. Whiffen’s explorations.
- Area in detail, larger scale."

Map of the North West Amazon region including the areas explored by Whiffen. The map is marked with the names of language groups, indicating the areas which they inhabit. [TC 09/06/1999]

Place

S America; Colombia; North West Amazon; Amazon River

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

?Whiffen, Thomas William

Collector / Expedition

Date

1908 - 1915

Collection Name

Whiffen CollectionTeaching Slide Collection

Source

Whiffen, Nöel H.

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

Publication: This slide depicts a detail of the map reproduced in Whiffen, T. W., 1915 inside the back cover, entitled "Sketch Map of the North-Western Affluents of the Amazon River".

Source: In MAA Correspondence Box 1934 is a letter from Noel Whiffen donating his "brother's collection of lantern slides" to the museum, on behalf of the Whiffen family. Louis Clarke replied. The gift is also noted in the annual report for that year in the list of accessions (UCMAA 1934: 3), which mentions that "the collection of lantern slides has also been increased by gifts from ... Mr N. H. Whiffen ... "
For full details see Whiffen Collection record. [TC 09/06/1999, updated, JD 02/10/2019]