Article ID: CBB001202222

The Difficult Provenance of Ferdinand Von Mueller's Zoological Specimens (2014)

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The botanist Ferdinand von Mueller (1825–1896) collected few of the very large number of zoological specimens distributed in his name, although museums often record him as the collector. Analysis of his correspondence allows some of the field collectors, and agents who acted between them and Mueller, to be identified, and the provenance of some specimens understood. Not all provenances can be traced, but the analysis of available correspondence cautions against accepting at face value the documentation of surviving specimens.

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Authors & Contributors
Dowe, John Leslie
Maroske, Sara
Lucas, A. M.
Mustafa Haikal
Daniel Gamito-Marques
Larsson, Eleanor
Concepts
Biological specimens
Natural history
Zoology
Correspondence and corresponding
Collectors and collecting
Botany
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
17th century
Places
Australia
London (England)
Germany
Melbourne (Victoria, Australia)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Madrid (Spain)
Institutions
Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Pisa
Museu Bocage, Museu Nacional de História Natural
Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
East India Company (English)
Zoological Society of London
Università di Pisa
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