The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife

This file is the basis of The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife (Pelagic Publishing, 2023). It includes thousands of historical records of wildlife from Britain and Ireland. The records have been extracted from over 200 primary texts (mostly books) written between the year 1519 CE and the year 1772 CE. This version of the database includes a single table with over 9,000 rows. Each row provides all the locations where a single species was listed in a single source, so that for example one record lists that the Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) was recorded as present on Shetland in an early modern source called Atlas Maior, and another record labelled lists that the Gannet (Morus bassanus) was recorded as present on both Godrevy Island and Bass Rock in the Itineraries of John Ray. Identifying species and locations in older texts is complicated and where the record is uncertain, this is indicated by adding ?s in the "Present?" field. Explanation for second ed. of Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife Database. In the process of publishing the Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife, I found some additional references to primary sources. This has resulted in the addition of around 50 new sources to the database. Most of these only provide a few new records - only one (Heath's 'Natural and historical account of the islands of Scilly') meets the standard of the 'key sources' from the first edition of the Atlas, but the other sources nevertheless are useful for clarfiying the distribution of some species, especially the poetical topographies which are especially good for records of songbirds, freshwater fishes and European Hares. The primary sources added were found listed in the following secondary sources: Aubin, R.A. (1966) Topographical Poetry in XVIII-century England, New York: MLA Cox, E.G. (1949) A Reference Guide to the Literature of Travel, Seattle: University of Washington Press. Deakin, Q. (2023) 'Early Chorographical and Historical County Survey Writing in Wales, C.1550–1700' The Welsh History Review, 31(3):376-396. (Dr Deakin kindly recommended some additional primary sources via personal correspondence) Fowler, A. (1994) The Country House Poem, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press Freeman, M. (2023) 'Travellers and tourists, 1700-1769' in: Early Tourists in Wales, https://sublimewales.wordpress.com/introduction/types-of-tourist/early-18th-century-travellers/, accessed 5th Sep 2023 Moir, E. (1964) The Discovery of Britain, London: Routledge. Finding all these records required years of work. If you are a researcher and find additional sources here, please cite this database or the parent publication (which includes in-depth analysis and historical distribution maps) - see link at bottom of page: Raye, L. (2023) The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife, Exeter, Pelagic Publishing.

本文件为《近代早期野生动物图集》（The Atlas of Early Modern Wildlife，Pelagic Publishing，2023）的基础数据集。其收录了不列颠与爱尔兰地区的数千条野生动物历史记录，这些记录提取自1519年至1772年间撰写的200余种原始文献（以书籍为主）。本数据库版本包含一张包含9000余条记录的数据表，每条记录均标注了单一物种在单篇原始文献中被提及的全部分布地点。例如，一条记录显示，在《阿特拉斯大地图集》（Atlas Maior）这一近代早期文献中，剑鱼（Xiphias gladius）被记录分布于设得兰群岛；另一条记录则标注，在约翰·雷的《旅行文集》（Itineraries）中，塘鹅（Morus bassanus）被记录分布于戈德雷维岛与巴斯岩两处地点。由于识别旧文献中的物种与分布地点存在较高复杂度，若记录存在不确定性，则会在“Present？”字段中添加?s进行标注。以下为《近代早期野生动物数据库》第二版的补充说明。在出版《近代早期野生动物图集》的过程中，笔者发现了部分额外的原始文献引用，由此为数据库新增了约50种来源。其中多数仅能提供少量新记录，仅《锡利群岛自然与历史记述》（Heath's 'Natural and historical account of the islands of Scilly'）符合该图集第一版中“核心来源”的标准，但其余来源仍有助于明确部分物种的分布范围，尤其是诗歌性地方志文献，其对鸣禽、淡水鱼类以及欧洲野兔的记录尤为详实。本次新增的原始文献可通过以下二手文献检索得到：奥宾，R.A.（1966）《18世纪英格兰的地形诗歌》，纽约：现代语言协会（Modern Language Association，MLA）；考克斯，E.G.（1949）《旅行文献参考指南》，西雅图：华盛顿大学出版社；迪金，Q.（2023）《威尔士早期地方志与郡县历史撰述（约1550–1700年）》，《威尔士历史评论》，31(3):376-396。（迪金博士通过私人通信为笔者推荐了部分额外原始文献）；福勒，A.（1994）《乡墅诗歌》，爱丁堡：爱丁堡大学出版社；弗里曼，M.（2023）《1700–1769年的旅行者与游客》，载于：《威尔士早期游客》，https://sublimewales.wordpress.com/introduction/types-of-tourist/early-18th-century-travellers/，2023年9月5日访问；莫伊尔，E.（1964）《不列颠的发现》，伦敦：劳特利奇出版社。检索所有这些记录耗时数年。若您为研究者并在此发现了额外来源，请引用本数据库或其母体出版物（该出版物包含深度分析与历史分布地图）——详见页面底部链接：雷，L.（2023）《近代早期野生动物图集》，埃克塞特：Pelagic Publishing。