Record

RefNoEXP/6
LevelSubFonds
TitleCentral Brazil Expedition papers
Date1967 - 1969
DescriptionThe Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society ran an expedition to Central Brazil [Mato Grosso region] from July 1967 to July 1969. For more information on the expedition see Hemmen, George E 'Royal Society Expeditions in the second half of the twentieth century' Notes and Records 64 (2010) pp. S89 - S99 and Smith, Anthony 'Mato Grosso: last virgin land; an account of the Mato Grosso based on the Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society expedition to central Brazil' (London, 1971)
ArrangementFollowing original order where possible, in order to simplify the catalogue papers marked "general" have sometime had a series appropriated to them. Catalogued in six series as follows:
1.) financial papers
2.) logistical papers
3.) committee papers
4.) correspondence
5.) results and findings
6.) Royal Society visits
NotesBoxes 2016FX004 - 2016FX006 - see CALM records for further details.
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialMS/793; IRB (Iain Bishop papers); Smith, A 'Mato Grosso: last virgin land; an account of the Mato Grosso based on the Royal Society and Royal Geographical Society expedition to central Brazil, 1967-9' (1971);
RelatedRecordAV/3/17/2
AV/3/17/6
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