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Mulford Expedition : ウィキペディア英語版 | Mulford Expedition The ''Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin'' was a scientific expedition to the Amazon conducted in 1921. It was organized by Henry Hurd Rusby, who was 64 years old at the time, was a well known explorer, professor at Columbia University and a staff member at the New York Botanical Garden. He hired Orland Emile White, a staff member at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, to assist with collection and handling of plant specimens. Its mission was to explore the Amazon Valley from the headwaters of the Quime River in Bolivia to the mouth of the Amazon River in Brazil. The expedition was financed by the H. K. Mulford Company. It left La Paz, Bolivia in July 1921. Due to ill health, Rusby was forced to leave the expedition due to neuritis, an infected tooth and his age; but White and Martin Cardenas continued to collect. The expedition lasted eight months, but never reached the Amazon. ==Expedition== News from 1921: The expedition leaves the field in March 1922:
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