The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife - Lee Raye

The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife

Britain and Ireland between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution

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Buch | Hardcover
408 Seiten
2023
Pelagic Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78427-407-8 (ISBN)
56,10 inkl. MwSt
The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife draws on over 10,000 records to describe the distribution of wildlife in Britain and Ireland in the early modern period. Range maps of 153 species provide a baseline against which to discuss subsequent declines and extinctions as well as expansions and introductions.
What was the state of wildlife in Britain and Ireland before modern records began? The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife looks at the era before climate change, before the intensification of agriculture, before even the Industrial Revolution. In the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, beavers still swim in the River Ness. Isolated populations of wolves and lynxes linger in the uplands. Sea eagles are widespread around the coasts. Wildcats and pine martens remain common in the Lake District.



In this ground-breaking volume, the observations of early modern amateur naturalists, travellers and local historians are gathered together for the very first time. Drawing on more than 10,000 records from across Britain and Ireland, the book presents maps and notes on the former distribution of over 150 species, providing a new baseline against which to discuss subsequent declines and extinctions, expansions and introductions. A guide to identification describes the reliable and unreliable names of each species, including the pre-Linnaean scientific nomenclature, as well as local names in early modern English and, where used in the sources, Irish, Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Cornish and Norn.



Raising a good number of questions at the same time as it answers many others, this remarkable resource will be of great value to conservationists, archaeologists, historians and anyone with an interest in the natural heritage of Britain and Ireland.

Lee Raye is an associate lecturer at the Open University and a Fellow of the Linnean Society specialising in the history of wild animals and plants in pre-industrial Britain and Ireland. Their translation of Robert Sibbald’s (1684) Wild Plants of Scotland and The Animals of Scotland was published in 2020.

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INTRODUCTION

Scope

Early modern natural history

Key sources

Other sources

Interpreting the sources

Vernacular languages

Trend since 1772

Geographical bias of top-quality records

Identifying absence

Comparison with modern data

How to read the maps



MAMMALS

Rabbits and hares

Rodents

Carnivores

Ungulates

Seals

Cetaceans



BIRDS

Waterfowl

Game birds

Divers

Petrels and shearwaters

Herons, storks and ibises

Gannets and cormorants

Raptors

Bustards

Cranes

Waders, gulls and auks

Owls

Falcons

Perching birds



FISHES

Lampreys

Sturgeons

Carps

Pikes

Smelts

Salmonids

Perches

Sharks

Skates and rays

Eels

Herrings

White Fishes

Anglers

Mullets

Gurnards

Sandeels

Bass

Open-water Fishes

Flat Fishes



AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

Amphibians

Reptiles



INVERTEBRATES

Molluscs

Crustaceans

Echinoderms



CONCLUSIONS

Overall analysis

Groups that have expanded their range

Groups that have reduced their range

Problems with using the Little Ice Age as a baseline



References

Index and glossary of species names

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 7 Tables, black and white; 150 Maps; 150 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Exeter
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 244 mm
Gewicht 840 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Natur / Ökologie
Naturwissenschaften Biologie Zoologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10 1-78427-407-0 / 1784274070
ISBN-13 978-1-78427-407-8 / 9781784274078
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