Walter Rothschild's second Great Auk skeleton: a history of its posthumous voyage.

• Published in: Archives of Natural History
• Main Author: STEINHEIMER, FRANK D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Edinburgh University Press 2002
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); History; Anthropology; Rowland; Great auk; Pinguinus impennis
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/anh.2002.29.3.337

ABSTRACT: The second complete Great Auk skeleton (Pinguinus impennis) formerly in Walter Rothschild's possession, previously thought lost, has been located. It was sold by Rowland Ward in 1905 to Georg Albert Girtanner, St Gallen, Switzerland. After Girtanner's death in 1907 the skeleton p...