Old Maps, Expeditions and Explorations: Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2007] Four New Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Amazonas, Venezuela; Hypancistrus contradens, H. debilittera, H. furunculus & H. lunaorum

Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2007] Four New Hypancistrus (Siluri...: Hypancistrus lunaorum , H. furunculus , and H . debilittera Armbruster, Lujan & Taphorn, 2007 DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007...

Abkhazia

My favourite is the story of 19th century 'negotiations' between an up-coming Russia and a declining Ottoman Turkey in which Russia demanded the cession by Ottoman -Turkey of the province of Abkhazia. The Turkish delegates who had been summoned to the Czar's palace had little idea of their empire, where Abkhazia was or how big a loss it would represent to Ottoman Turkey. It's actually 8,600 sq kilometers, or 40% of a Wales for those who prefer more traditional area measurements. However there was a map of Abkhazia hanging on the Czar's palace walls, alongside a similarly-sized map of the palace gardens - no scale to either map, although the latter was probably at a somewhat larger scale. Based on these 2 maps the Ottoman delegation concluded they were ceding an insignificant piece of territory.- Dr Hillary Shaw

Old Maps, Expeditions and Explorations

Thursday, March 10, 2016

Species New to Science: [Ichthyology • 2007] Four New Hypancistrus (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) from Amazonas, Venezuela; Hypancistrus contradens, H. debilittera, H. furunculus & H. lunaorum

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