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Field Notes, Photographs, Anthropological Objects, Related Scientific
Publications, Specimen Records
GIS
(Geographic Information System)
Additional Resources
Annotated
Bibliography of Resources
Zoological
Subject Bibliography
Inventory
of the Congo Expedition Collections
Links
Related to the Congo
Digital
Library Links
Books for Young Readers
Begin with a multimedia introduction to the expedition for
a quick overview, with translations in French and Spanish languages.
Historical reading about the Lang-Chapin Congo Expedition,
Herbert Lang's Field Photographs, and James Chapin's Expedition
Diaries.
Biographies available for Herbert Lang and James Chapin.
Excerpts from African Reflections about the People
of Northeastern Congo.
Read about the Okapi, Square-lipped Rhinoceros, a summary of
the collections, scientific names, and the environment.
Selected texts about the Belgian Congo by Adam Hochschild,
Mark Twain, Joseph Conrad, and the Congo Reform Association.
A suggested reading list about Africa's nature and wildlife.
Newly photographed close-up images of ants collected on the
expedition.
A gallery of Selected Primate photographs and Endangered Red
List Data when available.
CT scans of two bat specimens, Yellow-winged bat and Tomb bat.
An 8-minute video about the current conditions of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo produced by United Nations Television.
This click or play-through map presents the itinerary of the
5-year expedition.
Nearly one hundred watercolors of mammals, birds, amphibians
and reptiles, and graphic patterns from Okondo's Village painted
by James Chapin in the field.
Early recordings from the Congo and a short video.
Stereographs from the expedition made into 3D images. Red-blue
glasses available.
A collection of Historical maps of Africa ranging from 1562-1940.
Search the collection field notes, photographs, anthropological
objects, scientific publications, specimen records, and zoological
record citations.
Geographic and specimen data are available using the Geographic
Information System (GIS) map.
An annotated bibliography of resources pertaining to the Congo
Expedition.
Bibliography of zoological subjects with over 3000 citations.
A four page descritive inventory of the Lang-Chapin Collections.
A short list of links that relate to the Democratic Republic
of the Congo and its conservation and biodiversity.
A link to the AMNH Digital Library list of sites pertaining
to Digital Libraries and their resources.
Where are you going Manyoni?
by Catherine Stock is a children's story about a girl's walk
through the African landscape on her way to school.
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