To study flora and fauna of rarely-visited regions. Overall purpose: to
study relationships among plants and animals of New Guinea, Malaysia and
Australia.
The American Museum of Natural History’s Second Asiatic Zoological
Expedition (1918-1919) was led by Roy Chapman Andrews. It can be considered as a
continuation of the preparatory work for the Central Asiatic Expeditions of
1921-1930. The main goal of the Second Expedition was to explore and collect
mammal and bird specimens from the northeastern region of the Asian plateau,
namely the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. The specimens were to be used in the
Museum’s proposed hall of Asiatic life. Further, Andrews saw the expedition as
another step in his larger expeditionary plan.
The American Museum of Natural History Asiatic Zoological Expedition of
1916-1917 was led by Roy Chapman Andrews. The goal of the expedition was to
collect Asian mammals and birds to add to the planned Asiatic Hall of the
Museum. The Expedition traveled through areas of eastern and southwest China,
particularly in the Yunnan Province. They ultimately crossed over 2000 miles on
horseback, camping at such varied altitudes as 1500 to 15000 feet above sea
level while collecting approximately 3000 specimens for the Museum. (1)
Expedition. Led by collector Joseph Batty under the direction of the Departments of Mammalogy and Ornithology and funded by John L. Cadwalader (1). Batty was charged with collecting specimens in lower California, Southern New Mexico, the mountains of Northern Mexico and was to continue on into Central America before the expedition ended abruptly with Batty’s death.