Description: A world map from 1890 showing the distribution of principal or representative species of birds and reptiles. The map divides the world into the Western Continent (North and South America) and the Eastern Continent (Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia). Orders of reptiles as described in the text include turtles and tortoises (Chelonians), lizards and crocodiles (Saurians), serpents (Ophidians), and frogs (Batrachians), with representative species shown by Roman numerals. The orders of birds as described in the text include birds of prey (Raptores), climbers (Scansores), perchers (Insessores), scratchers (Rasores), runners (Cursores), waders (Grallatores), and swimmers (Natatores), with representative species shown by number. The species are also shown pictorially on the map, and dashed lines show the districts or limits of the species range.
Place Names: A Complete Map of Globes and Multi-continent, Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, North America, Europe, South Americ
ISO Topic Categories: inlandWaters,
location,
oceans,
biota
Keywords: Zoological Map of the Distribution of the Principal Birds and Reptiles, physical, statistical, birds and reptiles, kBiodiversity, physical features, inlandWaters,
location,
oceans,
biota, Unknown, 1890
Source: John Brocklesby, Elements of Physical Geography (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: E. H. Butler and Co., 1890) 134
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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