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The Third Archbold Expedition (1938-1939)

The third American-Dutch expedition to the interior of Dutch New Guinea in 1938 and 1939 was financed by the wealthy oil magnate Richard Archbold. It was the first of the Archbold Expeditions in which insect collecting took an important place. Most of the collected material is stored in the National History Museum (Naturalis) in Leiden (RMNH). The expedition was lead by L.J. Toxopeus.

A list of the visited places is published by Toxopeus (1940) in Treubia 17: 271-275 ("Nederlandsch-Indisch Amerikaansche Expeditie naar Nederlandsch Nieuw-Guinea, 3e Archbold-expeditie naar Nieuw Guinea 1938-'39").

 

 

List of collecting stations

• Hollandia (Jayapura): June 17 - July 28 1938, 0 - 100 m
• Sentani Lake and Cyclop Mountains:
  • June 23 - July 1 1938 (Sentani Lake northern coast), 50 m
  • April 17 - 20 1939 (Dojo, Cyclop Mountains), 250, 400 and 900 m
• Backland of Hollandia (Jayapura) and first hills of the Bawani Mountains: 1938 - 1939 (no exact dates), large collection obtained from W. Stüber, mainly collected at Arso, 200 - 1200 m
• Habbema Lake, 15 km North from Mt. Wilhelmina (Mt. Trikora): June 29 - July 29 1938, 3225 - 3400 m
• "Brievenbuskamp" (Camp Letterbox), 4 km East of Mt. Wilhelmina: August 30 - September 13 1938, 3500 - 3700 m
• "Puindalkamp" (Camp Scree Valley) at the foot of the peak of Mt. Wilhelmina: September 23 - 29 1938, 3400 - 4250 m
• "Mosboschkamp" (Moss Forest Camp) in the jungle 5 km Northeast from Habbema Lake: October 8 - November 6 1938, 2800 - 3000 m
• "Ibèlèkamp" (Camp Ibèlè) 8 km Northeast of Moss Forest Camp: November 6 - December 5 1938, 2150 - 2300 m
• "Baliemrivier" (Baliem River) South of the Baliem Valley (30 km East of Habbema Lake): November 15 - December 18 1938, 1600 m
• "Mistkamp" (Mist Camp) on the mountain ridge South of Bernhard Camp at the Idenburg River: December 25 1938 - January 19 1939, 1800 m
• "Topkamp" (Top Camp) a little further than Mist Camp: January 20 - 25 1939, 2100 m
• "Beneden-Mistkamp" (Lower Mist Camp) a little lower from Mist Camp at the Sahoeweri River: January 26 - February 2 1939, 1400 - 1700 m
• "Rotankamp or Tusschenkamp" (Rotan Camp or Intermedian Camp) on a mountain ridge near the Araucaria River: February 3 - 14 1939, 1100 - 1200 m
• "Sigikamp" (Sigi Camp) in the swampy valley of the Sigi River: February 15 - 28 1939, 1300 - 1600 m
• "Araucariakamp" (Araucaria Camp) in the valley of the Araucaria River: March 1 - April 4 1939, 700 - 900 m
• "Bernhardkamp-B[ergvoet]" (Bernhard Camp Mountain Foot) at the edge of the valley of the Idenburg River: April 4 - 14 1939, 100 - 600 m
• "Bernhardkamp" (Bernhard Camp) in the valley of the Idenburg River at a dead end river branch: July 15 - November 15 1938, December 19 - 24 1938, February 8 - 11 1939 and April 11 - 14 1939, ca. 50 m

The route and stations of the 3rd Archbold Expedition (from: Toxopeus, 1940)