EditorialRodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, both extinct. Facsimile of the frontispiece of Francois Leguat's Voyage, published 1708. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Mel...
EditorialRodrigues solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria and domed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, both extinct. Facsimile of the frontispiece of Francois Leguat's Voyage, published 1708. Lithograph from Hugh Edwin Strickland and Alexander Gordon Mel...
EditorialExtinct Reunion giant tortoise, Cylindraspis indica (Indian tortoise, Testudo indica) and shells of the extinct saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise, Cylindraspis vosmaeri. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Heath after an illustration by George S...