9 events with tag "natural history"
1535
ID: 5639
Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés mentions skunks in his 'Natural History of the West Indies'
ID: 5639
1551
ID: 5896
Conrad Gessner documents living aurochs - detailed description and woodcut of aurochs, distinguishes from bison
ID: 5896
1570
ID: 5640
Francisco Hernández de Toledo begins natural history survey of New Spain, documenting skunks scientifically
ID: 5640
1572
ID: 4200
Ulisse Aldrovandi documents dragon killing - Bologna naturalist records dragon killed near Bologna, keeps specimen in museum
ID: 4200
1609
ID: 5641
Captain John Smith encounters and writes about skunks in Virginia
ID: 5641
1643
ID: 5644
Dutch colonist Johannes Megapolensis Jr. writes about skunks in New Netherland
ID: 5644
1743
ID: 5645
Mark Catesby includes illustrated skunk entry in 'Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands'
ID: 5645
1795
ID: 5647
Georges Cuvier and Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire begin reclassifying skunks as distinct from civets
ID: 5647
1842
ID: 5648
John James Audubon publishes detailed skunk illustrations in 'The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America'
ID: 5648