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Besides Aristotle and Charles Darwin, Carolus Linnaeus is a scientist who played the greatest role in the history of biology. The tercentenary of his birth in 2007 was observed in many countries, among others in Poland. For example in the Gdańsk Library of the Polish Academy of Sciences the exhibition “In remembrance of Carl von Linné” was arranged in October 2007. In Cracow – in the meeting of the...
As the turning point in the history of zoology the author regards the date of publishing the 10th edition of Systema Naturae by Carolus Linnaeus. The pre-Linnaeus zoology in Poland is discussed in three stages. The first mentions of the local fauna can be found in medieval chronicles and in the lists of medicaments (herbaria) dated to the period between the 11th and 15th century. Over the next two...
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