Ancient science networks in action: the collaboration between J.G. Hidalgo and H. Crosse, and the creation of ‘Moluscos del Viaje al Pacifico, Univalvos terrestres’
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- 2016. Ancient science networks in action: the collaboration between J.G. Hidalgo and H. Crosse, and the creation of ‘Moluscos del Viaje al Pacifico, Univalvos terrestres’. PeerJ Preprints 4:e2193v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2193v1
Abstract
The material collected during a Spanish, multi-year expedition to the Neotropics in the 1860s was described by J.G. Hidalgo in the ‘Moluscos del Viaje al Pacifico’. Correspondence between Hidalgo and H. Crosse reveals how part of the material collected by the ‘Comisión Cientifíca del Pacífico' was identified by Crosse, some of it published as new species in his Journal de Conchyliologie. This correspondence further reveals how the obstacles to publish the results of the expedition were overcome, and sheds light on the actual publication date of the different parts. A reconstruction of the contacts of Hidalgo shows how diversified the network of the malacologist was.
Author Comment
This paper is part of a revisionary study on the material collected by the ‘Comisión Cientifíca del Pacífico'. It gives an insight in the background of the creation of its principal publication, the ‘Moluscos del Viaje al Pacifico’, which appeared in three parts; two of these parts appear to have been published (much) later than stated on the title page. The reconstruction of the contacts of Hidalgo gives additional insight in his science network and is an addition to data published in other papers (in press). This manuscript will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.