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Linnaeus issues Peter Artedi’s Ichthyologia after the friend’s drowning in Amsterdam

In 1738 Carl Linnaeus saw Peter Artedi’s Ichthyologia into print after Artedi drowned in an Amsterdam canal in 1735, an edition that saved the work and placed Linnaeus as the living broker of his friend’s fishes. In the causal graph this event strengthens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — a worsening welfare path.

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In 1738 Carl Linnaeus saw Peter Artedi’s Ichthyologia into print after Artedi drowned in an Amsterdam canal in 1735, an edition that saved the work and placed Linnaeus as the living broker of his friend’s fishes. Artedi had been the intended fish author of the Systema project.

Context

Dutch years were a cluster of young men around Clifford and Leiden. Without Linnaeus the Ichthyologia might have vanished. That is not a reason to hide the editorial power. No court named a thief. None is invented.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

High confidence that Linnaeus issued the 1738 Ichthyologia.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Carl Linnaeus

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.28 · verified

    He edited and published Artedi’s fish manuscript. Artedi had drowned; Clifford and Amsterdam friends sat nearby.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Carolus LinnaeusEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Linnean Society — Who was Linnaeus?The Linnean Society of London · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Linnean Society at https://www.linnean.org/learning/who-was-linnaeus (opens in a new tab) records Artedi as the close friend and fish specialist of the Dutch years. Britannica at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Carolus-Linnaeus (opens in a new tab) independently places Artedi in the early collaboration.

(https://www.linnean.org/learning/who-was-linnaeus (opens in a new tab); The Linnean Society of London).

Established: Linnaeus published Artedi’s Ichthyologia in 1738 after the 1735 drowning. Not established: a legal finding that he stole the fishes. Contribution is recorded as He edited and published Artedi’s fish manuscript. Artedi had drowned; Clifford and Amsterdam friends sat nearby. The dated heading stays Linnaeus issues Peter Artedi’s Ichthyologia after the friend’s drowning in Amsterdam on 1738-01-01, not a later statue, UNESCO listing, or school film. Later competitions, monuments, and adaptations are refused as extra lifetime acts of this person on this date.

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Mixed effects of Linnaeus issues Peter Artedi’s Ichthyologia after the friend’s drowning in Amsterdam are separate paths.

Shared responsibility is part of Linnaeus issues Peter Artedi’s Ichthyologia after the friend’s drowning in Amsterdam. Naming Carl Linnaeus does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1738-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCarl Linnaeus
  2. contributed toFactLinnaeus issues Peter Artedi’s Ichthyologia after the friend’s drowning in Amsterdam
  3. strengthensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). Linnaeus issues Peter Artedi’s Ichthyologia after the friend’s drowning in Amsterdam. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/linnaeus-artedi-1738

https://factrail.ai/facts/linnaeus-artedi-1738

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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