Type localities given in early zoological works, in modern terms

 

Africa aequinoctiali

Tropical Africa (?) ("Africa aequinoctiali")

Alexandriæ

Egypt: Al-Iskandariyah = Alexandria

Ambonia, Amboina

Indonesia: Island of Ambon

America boreali

Northern North America

America meridionalis

South America

America meridionalis insulis

Southern Caribean islands ("America meridionalis insulis")

America septentrionali

North America

Americae semininus

"America"

Anglia

England ("Anglia")

Batavia

Indonesia: Java, Jakarta

Bengal

Bangladesh and India (West Bengal) ("Bengal")

Berbices

Guyana / Suriname ("Berbices")

Cajennae / Caiennae

French Guyana: Cayenne

Cantabrigiae

England: Cambridge

Cap b. Spei (Cap bonae Spei)

South Africa: Western Cape, near Cape of Good Hope ("Cap b. Spei")

Carolina

USA: North and South Carolina

Chili

Chile

Chilonium, Chilonii

N Germany: Kiel

Conchin China

S Vietnam

Constantinop.

Turkey: Istanbul

Cornubia

England: Cornwall

Coromandel

India: Coromandel coast (south-eastern coast)

Curacao / Ile de Curacao

Caribbean, Nederlandsche Antillen: island of Curaçao

Curonia

Latvia: Kurzeme ("Curonia" region)

Djesan

Saudi-Arabia: Gizan ("Djesan")

Djiddæ

Saudi-Arabia: Jiddah ("Djiddæ")

Essequebo & Demerary

Guyana: Essequibo, Demarary

Europa australi

Southern Europe ("Europa australi")

Europa australiori

Southern Europe ("Europa australiori")

Europa media

Central Europe ("Europa media")

Falkland

S Atlantic: Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas

Georgia Australi Americae

S Atlantic: South Georgia

Germania de Hattorf

Germany: Hattorf am Harz ("Germania de Hattorf")

Gingi

 

Guajana

Northern South America ("Guajana")

Hafnia/Havnia/Havniae/Hafniae

Denmark: København ("Hafnia")

Halae Saxonum

Germany: Halle

Halae Suevicae

Germany: Schwäbisch Hall

Hamburgi

Germany: Hamburg

Henly Anglorum

England: near Henley-on-Thames (?) ("prope Henly Anglorum")

Hispania

Spain

Holmiae

Sweden: Stockholm

Holsatiae

Germany: southern Schleswig-Holstein

Iamaica

Jamaica

in Brasiliae procellaris

Brazil

In der Havana

Caribbean

In Fucis Oceani Norwargiri

Norwegian Sea

in Germaniae

Germany

in Indiis

Caribbean Islands ("in Indiis"), but sometimes this means "Caribbean, India or SE Asia"

In plantis siccis ex Insulis Canariis missis

Canary Islands

In sinu regis Georgii

Western Australia: King George Sound

Indes occidentales

Caribbean

India

India

India orientali

Southeast Asia ("India orientali")

Insel Lucon

Philippines: Luzón

Insel St. Domingo

Caribbean: Haiti ("Insel St. Domingo")

Insel St. Thomae

Caribbean, US Virgin Islands: Saint Thomas ("Insel St. Thomae")

Insula Americes St. Croix / Insula St. Cruz Americes

Caribbean: Saint Croix island (Santa Cruz)

Insula Luzonum

Philippines: Luzón

Insula Rotterdam

Tonga: Nomuka

Insula St. Iago

Cape Verde: Santiago island

insula Terre neuve Americae

North America: Newfoundland

Insularum sundmoerensium

Norway: Sunnmøre

Insulis amicis oceani australis

South Pacific: Tonga

Insulis Canariis

Canary Islands

Insulis Oceani pacifici

Pacific Islands

Insulis promontorii viridis

South Africa: islands off Western Cape ("insulis promontorii viridis")

Islandia

Iceland

Jutlandiae

Denmark: Jylland

Kahirœ

Egypt: Al-Qahirah = Cairo

Kiliae / Kiloniae / Kilionensibus / Kiloniae Holsatorum

N Germany: Kiel

Kust van Guiné, Côte de Guinée

West African coast ("Kust van Guiné, Côte de Guinée")

Labrador America

Canada: Labrador Peninsula

Leufsta

Sweden: Uppsala county, Lövstabruk

Levante

Eastern Mediterranean or Near East ("Levante")

Lipsiae

Germany: Leipzig

Lohajæ

Yemen: Loheia

Lusitania

Iberian Peninsula (Spain / Portugal) ("Lusitania")

Madera

Atlantic Ocean: island of Madeira

Magellanstraße

S Chile: Estrecho de Magallanes

Malabar, Malabarica

SW India: Malabar coast

Manilla

Philippines: Manila

Mari mediterraneo

Mediterranean Sea

Mari rubro

Red Sea

Martinique

Caribbean: island of Martinique

Marylandia

USA: Maryland

Massiliæ

France: Marseille

Mochhæ

Yemen: Al Mukha

Moluckische Inseln

Indonesia: Molucca Islands

Monspelii

France: Montpellier

Nova Hispania

Mexico

Nova Hollandia

Australia

Nova Seelandia

New Zealand/Aotearoa

Nova Terra(e)

Canada: Newfoundland

Noveboraco

USA: New York

Oceani australis

Southern Ocean ("Oceani australis")

Oceano australiori

Southern oceans ("Oceano australiori")

Oceano norwegico

Norwegian Sea

Oostindische, Indes orientales

Southeast Asia

Ostindien

India or Southeast Asia ("Ostindien")

Otaheita

French Polynesia: Tahiti

Paedemontano (Pedemontano)

NW Italy: Piemonte

Patagoniae

Argentina/Chile: Patagonia

Pensylvanie

USA: Pennsylvania

Pontichery

S India: Pondicherry / Puducherry (eastern coast)

Promontorium Bo(nae). Sp(ei).

South Africa: Western Cape ("ad Promonotorium Bo.sp.")

Rutheno

Russia ("Rutheno")

Scania

Sweden: Skåne ("Scania")

Scotia

Scotland

Samarang

Indonesia: Java, Semarang

Sardinia

Italy: Sardegna

Siam

Thailand

Sibiria

Russia: Siberia

Sierra Leona

Sierra Leone

Sina

China

Smirnæ

Turkey: Izmir

Staatenland

S Argentina: Isla de los Estados

Suecia

Sweden

Tanain

Russia: Don river

Tartarey und Moscau

Asia: Kazakhstan / Russia, Moscow ("Tartarey und Moscau")

Tierra del Fuego

Chile / Argentina: Tierra del Fuego

Tranquebariae

India: Coromandel coast (south-eastern coast): Tharangambadi ("Tranquebariae")

Unalaschca

USA: Alsaska, island of Unalaska

Virgenien

USA: Virginia

Vorgebürge der guten Hoffnung

South Africa: Western Cape, near Cape of Good Hope

Yvica

Spain: Balearic Islands, Ibiza / Eivissa

Zeylon

Sri Lanka