Digitized Galapagos Tortoise Whaling Data from 1831-1868

Authors

Cyler Norman Conrad, University of New MexicoFollow
Noah Garwood, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry
James P. Gibbs, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and ForestryFollow

Document Type

Dataset

Publication Date

2020

Abstract

This repository includes a spreadsheet of digitized Galapagos tortoise count data originally transcribed from whaling and sealing logbooks by Charles H. Townsend and published in 1925. Notes are included which describe how the counts were digitized. Data published in Townsend (1925) and digitized here are presented in: Conrad, C. and Gibbs, J.P. (in preparation). Chapter 4: The Era of Exploitation: 1535-1959. In Galapagos Giant Tortoises, Gibbs, James P., Linda J. Cayot and Wacho Tapia (eds.). Elsevier.

Comments

Reference cited: Townsend, Charles Haskins. 1925. The Galapagos Tortoises in their Relation to the Whaling Industry A Study of Old Logbooks. Zoologica 4: 55-135.

Recommended Citation

Conrad, Cyler Norman; Noah Garwood; and James P. Gibbs. "Digitized Galapagos Tortoise Whaling Data from 1831-1868." (2020). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/anthro_data/9