Natural History

Cornelius Crane Pacific Expedition

The Cornelius Crane Pacific Expedition was privately sponsored by Cornelius Vanderbilt Crane, and the Field Museum of Natural History institutionally sponsored the expedition. Beginning November 1928, the expedition, led by Cornelius Crane in the Illyria yacht, covered over 30,000 miles along the South Pacific, coasts along Asia, North Pacific, and west coasts of Canada. The expedition was funded primarily with the intent of making an accurate record of specimens and obtaining particular specimens such as sea serpents, cassowaries, cormorants, as well as an array of different reptiles and amphibians. When their expedition ended in late September 1929, they brought back with them over 16,000 specimens.

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See also

• ▸Appalachia (landmass)
• ▸Giovanni Battista Guadagnini
• ▸Black caiman

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