Martin Johnson African Expedition (1924-1928)

Exist Dates

1924 - 1927

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

To establish a base station northeast of Nairobi from which to record wildlife of Africa with still photographs and movie cameras

Personnel: Johnson, Martin, leader, Johnson. Osa. Aand others at various times

Sponsors: AMNH trustees (Martin Johnson African Expedition Corp.)

Sources: AR, No. 56, 1924, p. 16; No. 58, 1926, p. 8; No. 59, 1927, p. 21; NH, XXIV, 4, May-June 1924, pp. 284-296; XXV, 6, Nov-Dec. 1925, pp. 571-578; XXVII, Jan.-Feb., p. 107. Johnson, Osa. I Married Adventure. Philadelphia, Lippincott, 1940; Johnson, Martin. Camera Trails in Africa. New York, Century, 1924; Johnson, Martin, Safari, a Saga of the African Blue, New York, Putnam's, 1928

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