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Where were the Orcades?: Early medieval engagement with the islands at the edge of the Earth in texts and maps
Read more: Where were the Orcades?: Early medieval engagement with the islands at the edge of the Earth in texts and mapsReinterpreting the history of Scotland's northern islands.
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John Ray and Archives of Natural History
English naturalist John Ray was born in November 1627. Generally regarded as one of the earliest English parson-naturalists, he is credited as “the originator of the criterion of common parentage for conspecificity”. Ray wrote widely on botany, natural theology, taxonomy…