Henry H. Travers
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Henry Hammersley Travers (1844–1928) was a New Zealand
naturalist
, professional collector and taxidermist. He was the son of the politician William Travers.
Specimens collected by Travers are in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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Naturalist
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, professional collector and taxidermist. He was the son of the politician William Travers.
Specimens collected by Travers are in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa is the national museum and art gallery of New Zealand, located in Wellington. It is branded and commonly known as Te Papa and Our Place; "Te Papa Tongarewa" is broadly translatable as "the place of treasures of this land".The museum's principles...