o 



O., D. C. Acipenseris sive sturionis 

 anatome. Nouv. Lit. Germ. Hamburg, 

 1703, 325. Pre-Linn. 1703.1 



Observatio de sexu salmonum. 



Nouv. Lit. Germ. Hamburg, 1703, 364. 

 Pre-Linn. 1703.2 



Odoric of Pordenone {Friar Bealus) 

 \c. 1286-1331] For brief sketches of 

 Friar Odoric, see those by Henry Yule 

 and C. R. Beazley in Encyclopaedia Bri- 

 tannica (11th ed.), 1911, vol. XX; and 

 by O. Hartig in the Catholic Encyclo- 

 pedia, New York, 1911, vol. XII. Fur- 

 ther biographies are referred to in these 

 articles. 



: Odorichus de rebus incognitis. 



Pesaro, 1513. Pre-Linn. 1513.1 



First ed. Reprinted in vol. II of Ramusio's 

 "Naviatione e Viaggi," ed. (2nd) of 1574, and 

 in the ed. of 1583. An early English version, 

 probably the first, is: 



\ 



Journal! of Frier Odorious . . . 



concerning strange things which he 

 sawe among the Tartars of the East. 

 (In Hakluyt, R. The principal naviga- 

 tions, voyages, trafiques and discover- 

 ies of the English nation. 1599, vol. II, 

 p. 53-67.) Pre-Linn. 1599.1 



This "Journal" passed through many edi- 

 tions and versions — too numerous to list here. 

 The best eds. are those by Asquine, Udine, 1737; 

 G. Yenni. Venice, 1761; H. Yule ("Cathay and 

 the way thither"), London, 1866, (Hakluyt Soc, 

 Works, no. 36); & H. Cordier, Paris, 1891. An 

 excellent English version (apparently a reprint 

 of Hakluyt's 1599 edition) is: 



The journall of Frier Odoricus, etc. (In Ash- 

 ton, J. (editor) . The voiage and travayle of Sir 

 John Mandeville Knight. London, 1887. 289 

 p. 12°.) p. 221-265. 



Fishes which past themselves ashore, chap. 

 VI. Fishing with the cormorant — earliest 

 known reference, chap. ix. 



For the latest English version known to us, 

 see Odoricus of Pordenone (Friar), 1915.1. 



Ogilby, John [1600-1676] America, 

 being an accurate description of the 

 new world, containing . . . their pe- 

 culiar plants, beasts, birds and serpents. 

 London, 1671. 675 p. 41 pis. 



Pre-Linn. 1671.1 



Contains descriptions of various kinds of 

 fishes,^ copied from earlier writers. 



This is a translation of Montanus, Arnoldus. 

 *'De nieuwe en onbekende Wereld, etc." See 

 Montanus, A., this section, 1671.1 



Olafsen, Jon. Ichthyo-Graphia Is- 

 landica, eller underretning om de fiske 

 som leve salt og ferskt vand udi Is- 

 land sammen skreven i Kjobenhavn anno 

 1737. 131 p. 4°. Pre-Linn. 1737.1 



This valuable MS. to which reference is made 

 by F. Faber in his " Naturgeschichte der Fische 

 Islands," 1829, is in the library of the British 

 Museum (Natural History) . 



Olaus Magnus. See Magnus, 



Olaus. 



Oldmixon, John [1673-1742] The 

 British empire in America, etc. 2 vols. 

 London, 1708. 8°. Pre-Linn. 1708.1 



Scattered notes on fishes throughout. Fishes 

 of the Caribbean, vol. II, p. 176-180; 190-191. 



Olearius, Adam [1600-1671] Mos- 

 covitische und Persianische Reisebe- 

 schreibung. Slesvic, 1647. fol. 



Pre-Linn. 1647.1 



Other issues: Sohleswig, 1656, 1663, 1671; 

 Hamburg, 1669; Paris (French), 1656, 1659, 

 1679; Amsterdam, 1666, 1627, 1651 (Dutch); 

 Utrecht, 1651 (Dutch). An English version is: 



The voyages & travels of the 



ambassadors sent by Frederick, Duke 

 of Holstein to the Great Duke of Mus- 

 covy, and the King of Persia. Begun 

 in . . . 1633 and finish'd in 1639 . . . 

 Whereto are added the travels of J. A. 

 de Mandelslo . . . from Persia, into 

 the East-Indies. Containing a. . . . 

 description of Indosthan, the Mogul's 

 Empire, the oriental islands, Japan, 

 China, &c . . . In III books . . . 

 London, 1662. xxiv, 424, iv, 287 p. 

 4 pis. 7 maps. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1662.1 



Fishes and fishing in Volga river and Caspian 

 sea. 



2nd ed. (Olearus only), London, 1669. Copy, 

 N. Y. P. 



— — Gottorffische Kunst-Kammer, 

 worinnen allerhand ungemeine Sachen, 

 so theils die Natur, theils ktlnstliohe 

 Hande hervorgebracht und bereitet, 

 vor diesem aus alien, vier Theilen der 

 \y"elt zusammen getragen, und vor 

 einigen Jahren beschrieben. Schleswig, 

 1666. 88 p. 36 pis. obi. 4°. 



Pre-Linn. 1666.1 



Second ed., Schleswig, 1674. 



Ten fishes are described. 



