| RefNo | EXP/6 |
| Level | SubFonds |
| Title | Central Brazil Expedition papers |
| Date | 1967 - 1969 |
| Description | The 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) |
| Arrangement | Following 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 |
| Notes | Boxes 2016FX004 - 2016FX006 - see CALM records for further details. |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | MS/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); |
| RelatedRecord | AV/3/17/2 |
| AV/3/17/6 |
| IRB |