History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects e-bog

This book looks at 100 items that have profoundly shaped how people watched, studied and engaged with the avian world.Each item contains around 500 words on a double-page spread and include an illustration of the object in question. The book includes the objects listed below as well as many more.The range of items is international and cross-cultural. Subjects include:*An Egyptian 'field guide' (early tomb decorations of birds, identifiable as species)*Ornithologiae libri tres: the first British bird guide (a 1676 publication that attempted to itemise all British birds known at the time)*The Dodo specimen held at the Horniman museum*Systema Naturae by Carl Linnaeus (the first-ever system of scientific names in 1758, and still the international standard today)*The shotgun*The book, The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne by Gilbert White (1789)*HMS Beagle (the ship on which Darwin made his ground-breaking discoveries)*Aluminium bird rings (used to record movement and longevity of individuals and species)Along with many more modern innovations including walkie talkies, pagers, radio tags and apps.