Do restrito ao irrestrito: o diário de reconhecimento do rio Paraguai por Ricardo Franco de Almeida Serra na revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro (IHGB)

La comisión mixta de demarcación de la frontera, determinada por el Tratado de San Ildefonso, siguió los criterios definidos por el Tratado, siendo funda-mentales las exploraciones realizadas en la Capitanía de Mato Grosso por un equipo de ingenieros y astrónomos, que incluía al ingeniero Ricardo Franco de Almeida Serra (1748-1809). En este artículo se analiza el contexto en que se elaboró el diario de viaje de Ricardo Franco -con información confidencial para la corona portuguesa sobre el territorio y descripciones cartográficas- y los objetivos de su posterior publicación por la Revista del IHGB, que buscaba reforzar la idea de nación para el Brasil independiente en el período previo a la Guerra de la Triple Alianza, legitimando a través de documentos el dominio del territorio de su frontera oeste, objeto de disputas con los Estados vecinos.The mixed border demarcation commission, determined by the Treaty of San Ildefonso, followed the criteria defined by the Treaty being fundamental the explorations carried out in the Captaincy of Mato Grosso done by a team of engineers and astronomers, which included engineer Ricardo Franco de Almeida Serra (1748-1809). This article analyzes the context in which Ricardo Franco’s travel diary was produced -with confidential information for the Portuguese crown on the territory and with the cartographic descriptions- and the objective of its subsequent publication by the IHGB Journal, whose main goal was to reinforce the idea of nation for independent Brazil in the period prior to the War of the Triple Alliance, legitimizing through documents the domination of the western border territory, object of disputes with neighboring States.A comissão mista de demarcação da fronteira, determinada pelo Tratado de Santo Ildefonso, seguiu os seus trabalhos de acordo com os critérios definidos pelo Tratado, sendo fundamentais as explorações realizadas pela equipe de engenheiros e astrônomos na Capitania de Mato Grosso, na qual figurava o engenheiro Ricardo Franco de Almeida Serra (1748-1809). Neste artigo é analisado o contexto em que se deu a elaboração do diário de viagem de Ricardo Franco -com as informações sigilosas para a coroa portuguesa sobre o território e com as descrições cartográficas que trouxe- e os objetivos de sua posterior veiculação pela Revista do IHGB, que procurava reforçar a construção de uma ideia de nação para o Brasil independente no período que antecedeu à Guerra da Tríplice Aliança, legitimando através de documentos o domínio do território de sua fronteira oeste, objeto de disputas com Estados vizinhos

NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES: a data set on carnivore distribution in the Neotropics

Mammalian carnivores are considered a key group in maintaining ecological health and can indicate potential ecological integrity in landscapes where they occur. Carnivores also hold high conservation value and their habitat requirements can guide management and conservation plans. The order Carnivora has 84 species from 8 families in the Neotropical region: Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Otariidae; Phocidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae. Herein, we include published and unpublished data on native terrestrial Neotropical carnivores (Canidae; Felidae; Mephitidae; Mustelidae; Procyonidae; and Ursidae). NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES is a publicly available data set that includes 99,605 data entries from 35,511 unique georeferenced coordinates. Detection/non-detection and quantitative data were obtained from 1818 to 2018 by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private consultants. Data were collected using several methods including camera trapping, museum collections, roadkill, line transect, and opportunistic records. Literature (peer-reviewed and grey literature) from Portuguese, Spanish and English were incorporated in this compilation. Most of the data set consists of detection data entries (n = 79,343; 79.7%) but also includes non-detection data (n = 20,262; 20.3%). Of those, 43.3% also include count data (n = 43,151). The information available in NEOTROPICAL CARNIVORES will contribute to macroecological, ecological, and conservation questions in multiple spatio-temporal perspectives. As carnivores play key roles in trophic interactions, a better understanding of their distribution and habitat requirements are essential to establish conservation management plans and safeguard the future ecological health of Neotropical ecosystems. Our data paper, combined with other large-scale data sets, has great potential to clarify species distribution and related ecological processes within the Neotropics. There are no copyright restrictions and no restriction for using data from this data paper, as long as the data paper is cited as the source of the information used. We also request that users inform us of how they intend to use the data