The general idea comes from like Lewis and Clark I guess. What would their collection of knowledge on the animals they discovered be called? I guess it could just be called their journals but is there a more specific term for something like a collection of knowledge of animals, like a bestiary or something along those lines?
To expand on that is there a word for the collective knowledge they had on plants as well?
"Lewis and Clark's "bestiary" contained knowledge from how big the average boar was to how the behaviors of geese during mating season."
"Lewis and Clark's "plant bestiary" contained knowledge on how certain flowers could be grown but also had information on how flowers could be made into tea for healing attributes."
Something like that.
Best Answer
Zoography