ML62772351
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Published Historical Records Medien dieser/s Beitragenden
Datum
Ort
just outside 1831 Memphis-near Mississippi River
Shelby, Tennessee, United States
Medien von diesem Ort Illustrierte Checkliste- Alter
- nicht spezifiziert
- Geschlecht
- nicht spezifiziert
- Tags
- Notizen/Skizze; kein Vogel
Kommentare
Title Page of book
Beobachtungsdetails
Birds shot and sketched by famous french visitor to Memphis between Dec 20-23, 1831--Alexis de Tocqueville who kept extensive diaries and wrote famed book "Democracy in America". He and his traveling companions (Gustave de Beaumont) were waiting in Memphis from Dec 18-Dec 24 for the extreme cold to break and unfreeze the Mississippi. They left Dec 25, 1831 by boat. Tocqueville confirms his knowledge of the species with a picture in his notebook around Dec 23 of one of the 4 Carolina Parakeets. At least one "Chickasaw Indian" accompanied Tocqueville and Beaumont when the parakeets were encountered
Technische Angaben
- Modell
- iPhone 7
- Objektiv
- iPhone 7 back camera 3.99mm f/1.8
- ISO
- 40
- Brennweite
- 4 mm
- Blitz
- Flash did not fire, auto
- Blende
- f/1.8
- Belichtungszeit
- 1/24 sec
- Abmessungen
- 4032 pixels x 3024 pixels
- Größe der Originaldatei
- 1.71 MB