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Totorore expedition transparencies
- Date
- [ca Jul-Dec 1983]
- Reference
- PA12-11153
- Description
Colour transparencies of birdlife and local scenes taken by James (Jim) Watt in Chile during the Totorore expedition and after he left the expedition to travel alone, circa Jul-Dec 1983.
Set contains images of birds including flamingos (beside the anchored 'Totorore'), Inca terns, Magellanic penguings, sanderlings, surfburds, turnstones, steamer ducks, a ringed kingfisher "martin pescador" (at Pudeto), red-legged cormorant "red-foot garmardi", black vulture "Jote", black-necked ibis "bandurria", and an Andean condor. Also contains street scenes from Santiago (featuring a church, other buildings, and a market), Corcovado and Chayapiren "Pichimahuida" volcanoes, the Andes seen from a commerical airliner (on Watt's arrival"), San Vincente port, Quintupeu (in Pumalin Park), and Valparaiso seen from the water.
Inscriptions: Note from depositor reads: "'Totorore' this series from a carousel Jim used for presentations - to raise money for expedition - final series."
Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.
Physical Description: Dye coupler transparencies
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Watt, James Norwood, 1928-2018: Collection / Birdwatching and sailing expeditions in Chile, New Zealand, and Auckland and Antipodes Islands
- Format
- 22 colour original transparency/ies, Transparencies, Landscape photographs, Dye coupler transparencies
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