THE GREATEST RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING PROJECT EVER -
on the chosen few who came to be known as the LINNAEUS APOSTLES. During the 18th century, the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) was to inspire 17 of his scholars to travel to distant corners of the world to document local nature and culture. They travelled on their own or with expeditions across land and sea - their travels covered every continent between the years 1745 and 1799.
Although Linnaeus and some of his apostles are known internationally, several of the apostles are relatively unknown despite their global pioneering work in the service of science and mankind. The publication of their journals - several of them now made available for the very first time - will for a long time to come stimulate fresh research, new thinking and not least provide exciting reading about cultures, landscapes and people of a bygone era.
DISCOVER THE WORLD
WITH THE LINNAEUS APOSTLES
The publication of a major international series of eight volumes - in all 11 books and over 5,500 pages - which has been in preparation since the late 1990s under the overall title of The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure. All the accounts of the apostles' journeys to every continent will be published here for the first time in English; those of the apostles who left no travel journals are described through their correspondence or other sources. In the introductory and concluding volumes world experts in various subject fields will provide accounts of the 18th century, of Linnaeus, of travelling and the hardships of field work,
together with biographies.
CONTENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE AUTHORS
FROM THE 18TH CENTURY TO MODERN TIMES
All the 17 apostles' complete texts, illustrations and maps will be published in the oeuvre mainly based on the original journals and, as an alternative where no such exist, previously printed old material or correspondence is used. This is the very first time this interesting and important material - about bygone horizons - is made public in its entirety; to the joy not only of interdisciplinary researchers into natural and cultural history, but also of everybody with a general interest in these subjects.
VOLUME ONE
Volume One contains twelve background chapters, divided between three sections that deal respectively
with Sweden and the rest of the world in the 18th century (chapters One to Three), with Carl Linnaeus and his scholarly environment (chapters Four to Six) and with the technical aspects of 18th-century research in natural history (chapters Seven to Twelve). This richly illustrated volume begins with the EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION and FOREWORD, followed by
articles written by leading scientific writers (G. Broberg, R. Edberg, U. Ehrensvärd, A. Ericsson, G. Eriksson, K. Grandin, V. Hansen, S. Helmfrid, C. Linnaeus, H. Smethman, P. Sörbom and S. Sörlin) in various subject fields, which are essential for an understanding of the 18th-century world.
VOLUME TWO
This volume - EUROPE, ARCTIC & ASIA - contains the texts of two books, opening with ANTON ROLANDSSON MARTIN’S own account of his journeys to Spitsbergen and Norway, which contains unique descriptions of that part of the world and of the hardships of travelling in areas of extreme cold. The most extensive part of the volume is JOHAN PETER FALCK’S
account of his Russian journey. He was a diligent and meticulous observer of natural history and of local cultures. The volume is amply illustrated with plates and two maps covering Falck’s journey.
VOLUME THREE
This volume - EUROPE, NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA - consists of three books. The first two contain accounts of the journeys of PEHR KALM, with detailed information on the cultural and natural history of both southeastern England and, above all, the eastern regions of North America. The third book contains the unique descriptions of PEHR LÖFLING’S travels
in Spain and Venezuela. DANIEL ROLANDER’S comprehensive and detailed multidisciplinary presentation, primarily of Suriname, concludes the wealth of information on the New World encompassed in this volume, which is amply illustrated with plates and maps.
VOLUME FOUR
This volume - EUROPE, THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH EAST & WEST AFRICA - contains the travel accounts left by GÖRAN ROTHMAN, FREDRIK HASSELQUIST, PETER FORSSKÅL, ANDREAS BERLIN and ADAM AFZELIUS. They are unique multidisciplinary documents, extending geographically from the countries of the eastern and southern Mediterranean through the regions of Arab culture down to the equatorial regions of West Africa. The volume is illustrated with plates and maps.
VOLUME FIVE
This volume - SOUTHERN AFRICA, OCEANIA, ANTARCTICA & SOUTH AMERICA - contains the meticulous accounts of ANDERS SPARRMAN’S various travels around the southern hemisphere. They include vivid and multidisciplinary observations of great value for cultural and natural history. The volume is beautifully illustrated with plates and two maps.
VOLUME SIX
This volume - EUROPE, SOUTHERN AFRICA, EAST, SOUTHERN & SOUTHEAST ASIA - contains CARL PETER THUNBERG’S fact-filled journals from his various sojourns in Europe but principally his detailed descriptions from South Africa, Java, Sri Lanka and Japan. They provide an entertaining text with multidisciplinary observations of great value
for cultural and natural history. The volume is illustrated with plates.
VOLUME SEVEN
This volume - EUROPE, SOUTHERN AFRICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, EAST-, SOUTHERN- & SOUTHEAST ASIA - contains the accounts left behind by PEHR OSBECK, OLOF TORÉN, CARL FREDRIK ADLER, CHRISTOPHER TÄRNSTRÖM and DANIEL SOLANDER. They are unique multidisciplinary documents, with a geographical range extending from Europe to South Africa, India, China, Vietnam, French Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, Java, Brazil and Argentina. The volume is illustrated with plates.
VOLUME EIGHT
The concluding volume, entitled ENCYCLOPÆDIA, contains factual information presented in reference form (text and maps) under the following two headings: BIOGRAPHIES and INDEX: VOLUMES ONE TO EIGHT. It is in Volume Eight that general facts and search facilities relating to all the volumes are to be found.
TAPA SAMPLES - Additional to Volume Five.
Two genuine hand-made samples of Tapa cloth (white and patterned, approx. 52 x 82 mm/each) from Tonga, which form part of Anders Sparrman's Journal (Volume Five). To be glued in at the specified place in the Volume. Instructions will be included.
DISTRIBUTION & SHIPPING
The book parcels can only be delivered to a street or house address, not to a Post Box or c/o address. Signature will be required on delivery.
NOTE: All prices of individual volumes are inclusive of shipping.
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