Chapter Eleven. Travels Of A Court Jester: Gonzalo De Liaño, Art Agent At The Court Of King Philip II Of Spain

Kubersky-Piredda, Susanne; Pons, Salvador Salort

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“…On May 8th 1583 Gonzalo de Liaño wrote to Francesco I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, that King Philip II was interested in receiving crayfish from Italy and had asked him to go to Tuscany and manage the transaction personally [Archivio di Stato di Firenze (ASF), Mediceo del Principato (MDP) 761, f. 292]. Later that year, on October 1st, Luigi Dovara, a Tuscan diplomat in Madrid, also wrote to Francesco I de' Medici informing about the visit of Gonzalo de Liaño to Tuscany and the King's desire to have the crayfish in Spain (ASF, MDP 5022, f. 328r; Kubersky‐Piredda & Salort, ). Philip II had not yet received the crayfish in 1585, as suggested by a letter sent on August 23rd to his daughter Catalina Micaela (newly married to the Duke of Savoy) in which the king noted that ‘those who eat crayfish praise them a lot’ (Bouza, , p. 125).…”

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Interdisciplinarity to reconstruct historical introductions: solving the status of cryptogenic crayfish

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Anciently introduced species can be confounded with native species because introduction pre-dates the first species inventories or because of the loss of the collective memory of the introductions. The term 'cryptogenic species' denotes species of unknown or unclear status (native versus non-native) in a given territory, and disciplinary approaches are often insufficient for solving their true status. Here, we follow an integrative, multidisciplinary approach to solve the status of a cryptogenic species, proposing that building on evidence from multiple disciplines can produce robust and clarifying insights. We undertook an exhaustive review of information on a putatively native crayfish (Austropotamobius italicus) in Spain. The reviewed information included taxonomy, genetics and phylogeography, history, archaeology, linguistics, biogeography, ecology, symbiotic organisms and even gastronomy and pharmacy. The knowledge produced by different scientific disciplines converges to indicate that A. italicus is a non-native species in Spain. Historical documents even identify the first introduction event: crayfish were shipped from Italy to Spain in 1588 as a diplomatic gift from Francesco I de' Medici to King Philip II of Spain. Previous discussions on the status of A. italicus focussed on inconclusive and often confusing genetic results and excluded the rich and clarifying evidence available from other approaches and disciplines. Interdisciplinarity is an often-invoked but rarely implemented practice in an academic environment that increasingly promotes narrowfocussed specialization. Our review shows that the integration of disciplines can surpass disciplinary approaches in solving scientific controversies. Our results have straightforward implications for strategies to conserve biological diversity in Spain and Europe, urging a debate on the appropriateness of devoting conservation efforts to nonnative species.

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Interdisciplinarity to reconstruct historical introductions: solving the status of cryptogenic crayfish

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The King's aquatic desires: 16th‐century fish and crayfish introductions into Spain

Clavero

2022

Fish and Fisheries

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Species introductions are the onset of processes that may ultimately result in biological invasions (Blackburn et al., 2011), with the potential of generating serious environmental impacts (Bellard et al., 2016;Gallardo et al., 2016). The current rate of species introductions is unprecedented and still increasing in most areas and biomes (Seebens et al., 2017), but this phenomenon is far from recent. Humans have always transported useful plant and animal species from place to

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Chapter Eleven. Travels Of A Court Jester: Gonzalo De Liaño, Art Agent At The Court Of King Philip II Of Spain

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Interdisciplinarity to reconstruct historical introductions: solving the status of cryptogenic crayfish

Interdisciplinarity to reconstruct historical introductions: solving the status of cryptogenic crayfish

The King's aquatic desires: 16th‐century fish and crayfish introductions into Spain

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