Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz was a French polymath of the early 19th century. Born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire, he was self-educated in France.
The mule deer is one of many species first named by Rafinesque.
The genus Rafinesquia was named in Rafinesque's honor.
Atlantic Journal (1832–1833)
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The Taíno were the Indigenous peoples in most of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas. Their culture has been continued today by their descendants and by Taíno revivalist communiti
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
…extensive work in Europe, he also contributed to the study of ancient Mesoamerican linguistics. In 1836, Rafinesque was the first person to use the term Taíno as a way of referring to the Indigenous peoples of the Greater Antilles. Rafinesque had a reputation as an eccentric and erratic genius. He was an…
Statue of Agüeybaná II, "El Bravo" in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Reconstruction of a Taíno village in El Chorro de Maíta, Cuba
Dujo, a wooden ceremonial chair crafted by Taínos
Caguana ceremonial ball court (batey) in Puerto Rico, outlined with stones