Roy Chapman Andrews Quotes

For the former professional American football coach see LeRoy AndrewsRoy Chapman Andrews was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known for leading a series of expeditions through the politically disturbed China of the early 20th century into the Gobi Desert and Mongolia. The expeditions made important discoveries and brought the first-known fossil dinosaur eggs to the museum. His popular writings about his adventures made him famous. Wikipedia  

✵ 26. January 1884 – 11. March 1960
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Roy Chapman Andrews Quotes

“I wanted to go everywhere. I would have started on a day’s notice for the North Pole or the South, to the jungle or the desert. It made not the slightest difference to me.”

Roy Chapman Andrews

From 'Under a Lucky Star' published 1943 http://www.roychapmanandrewssociety.org/adventures.html

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