1777 ZIMMERMANN, Eberhard August Wilhelm von (1743 – 1815)
Specimen zoologiae geographicae, quadrupedem domicilia et migrationes sistens dedit, tabulamque mundi zoographicam adjunxit.
The first textbook of zoogeography, containing the first world map showing the distribution of mammals. French translation of part 1 only by Jakob Mauvillon: Zoologie géographique. Premier article, L'homme (Cassel: Im…
GMN 145.53 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2442
1858 SCLATER, Philip Lutley (1829 – 1913)
On the general geographical distribution of the members of the class Aves.
Sclater defined and named six zoological regions: the Palaearctic, Aethiopian, Indian, Australasian, Nearctic and Neotropical. With some name revision (Afrotropic for Aethiopian, and Indomalayan for Indian,) these zoo…
GMN 9178 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11357
1876 WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823 – 1913)
The geographical distribution of animals. 2 vols.
"In 1872, at the urging of many of his friends, including Darwin, Philip Sclater, and Alfred Newton, Wallace began research for a general review of the geographic distribution of animals. He was unable to make much pr…
GMN 145.6 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/2488
1878 WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823 – 1913)
Tropical nature and other essays.
"Wallace's extensive work in biogeography made him aware of the impact of human activities on the natural world. In Tropical Nature and Other Essays (1878), he warned about the dangers of deforestation and soil erosio…
GMN 9174 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11353
1880 WALLACE, Alfred Russel (1823 – 1913)
Island life: Or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates.
"In 1880, Wallace published the book Island Life as a sequel to The Geographical Distribution of Animals. It surveyed the distribution of both animal and plant species on islands. Wallace classified islands into three…
GMN 7440 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9612
1918 COUNCILMAN, William Thomas (1854 – 1933); LAMBERT, Robert Archibald (1883 – 1960)
The medical report of the Rice Expedition to Brazil.
The expedition was led by Alexander H. Rice, Jr., an American physician, geographer, geologist and explorer noted for his expeditions to the Amazon Basin. "As a geographer and explorer Rice specialized in rivers.[1][7…
GMN 11014 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13210
1935 EKMAN, Sven
Tiergeographie des Meeres.
An analysis of all pertinent literature on marine animal distribution. Second edition published as English translation: Zoogeography of the sea (London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1953).
GMN 9184 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11364
1948 DARLINGTON, Philip Jackson Jr. (1904 – 1983)
The geographical distribution of cold-blooded vertebrates.
"Darlington's most important contribution to science was his theory of the Old World tropical origin of dominant vertebrate groups. He first sketched out this formulation—which would influence research in zoogeography…
GMN 9179 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11358
1996 QUAMMEN, David (1948 – )
The song of the Dodo: Island biogeography in an age of extinctions.
GMN 10435 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12628
