The Mutis collection of Botanical drawings

Francisco Pando

GBIF SpainReal Jardín Botánico - CSIC

The Royal Botanical Expedition to the New Kingdom of

Granada

• Set by the Spanish Crown

• A most ambitious Nat.Hist. survey

• From 1783 to 1817• Led by José Celestino

Mutis (Cádiz, 1732-Bogotá, 1808)

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• Based in Mariquita and Bogotá

• Focused on –but not limited to- the Magdalena River Valley (Colombia)

• C. 40 draughtsmen worked for the “Expedition”

• School of a generation of naturalists in America

• No printed work (until 1954)

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The Mutis Expedition

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The drawings

• Considered among the finest in the world

• By American draughtsmen

• 7181:– 5604 large format,

color– 984 “anatomies”– 591 “appendices”

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The digitalization project

• A no-project• Move by enthusiam and

self-support• Databasing mostly done

before hand• 6 month time• Over 15.000 digital

images• “To scan and make

available”

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Capture

• No physical contact• 3 sensors (RGB)• Cold, UV-free litghting• Ruler• Color guide card• Data card• Barcode

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EquipmentA0 flat cenital scanner (I2S DigiBook 1000RGB)

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EquipmentA0 flat cenital scanner (I2S DigiBook 1000RGB)

Dedicated image serverMulticore, Raid, …Erez Enterprise (Adobe)

-GBIF-Spain hosting--

Images

• 379 x 379 DPI• c. 109 MPixels• c. 320 MB• TIFF

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Images

• 379 x 379 DPI• c. 109 MPixels• c. 320 MB• TIFF

• 320MB x 15,000=4.8TB• Add redundancy: 14TB

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Images in Web

• Cropped• TIFF• Pyramidal• 379 DPI• 1 file

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Lessons learnt

• Size matters– Resources & time– UPS over FTP– Hash checking

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Lessons learnt

• Size matters– Resources & time– UPS over FTP– Hash checking

• World is big:– 1000-2000 visits per

day

Sustainability, dissemination, integration:GBIF

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We were:Felix Muñoz GarmendiaEsther García GuillénGloria Pérez de RadaCristina Borreguero GilCovadonga DopicoGonzalo NietoJavier GilFrancisco Pando (Contact)

GBIF SpainReal Jardín Botánico - CSICClaudio Moyano 1, 28014

Madrid, Spainpando@gbif.eswww.gbif.es

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