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	About IK THE IK SHOP Linnaeus.info Welcome The Linnaeus Apostles The Return of the Linnaeus Apostles Mundus Linnæi Series Linnaeus around the world Books & Exhibitions Collections IK Workshop Contact IK	The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure (8 Volumes)   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. 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 approximately 5,000 pages - has been in preparation since the beginning of this century 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 and a comprehensive new bibliography of the publications of the apostles. The global journeys of the Linnaeus Apostles - from 1746 to 1799 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. Even though the main authors of the six volumes of this oeuvre (Vol. 2-7) are THE 17 APOSTLES (C. F. Adler, A. Afzelius, A. Berlin, J. P. Falck, P. Forsskål, F. Hasselquist, P. Kalm, P. Osbeck, P. Löfling, D. Rolander, A. Rolandsson Martin, G. Rothman, D. Solander, A. Sparrman , C. P. Thunberg, O. Torén and C. Tärnström) we also present a number of leading scientific writers (G. Broberg, R. Edberg, U. Ehrensvärd, A. Ericsson, G. Eriksson, K. Grandin, V. Hansen, S. Helmfrid, T. Lindell, C. Linnaeus, B. Nordenstam, H. Smethman, P. Sörbom and S. Sörlin) in the introductory (Vol. 1) and concluding (Vol. 8) volumes. Volume 1 (INTRODUCTION) will be the descriptive volume. Here the reader will get a deeper understanding of the world in which Linnaeus and his apostles lived. The 18th century was both like and unlike our world today. It was during this era that the modern world first saw the light of day. The concluding volume 8 (ENCYCLOPÆDIA) will include maps, a categorised index for all the volumes, biographical fact files of each apostle, a complete bibliography of all published material - by the apostles and about them. Finally, a list of the most important collections of scientific material in museums, archives and libraries connected to the apostles. SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH ON THE LINNAEUS APOSTLES PROJECT ...AN IMPORTANT AND INVALUABLE PROJECT... "Your eight volume series devoted to the work and exploration of Linnaeus' pupils sounds an important and invaluable project "   Sir David Attenborough, one of the world's foremost broadcasters, humanists and naturalists, has written on the subject of the IK Foundation's work on publishing of the magnificent volumes, The Linnaeus Apostles – Global Science & Adventure, This is particularly pertinent as Sir David is noted for his innovative educational programmes, something that fits in very well with the working ethos of the IK Foundation. Sir David is one of today's most widely travelled naturalists who, like Linnaeus' apostles, has broken new ground and stimulated interest in natural and cultural history. As one of the pioneers of TV documentaries and as the respected face and voice of World Natural History Programmes of more than 50 years' standing, his tribute to the apostles and our long-term work lends it enormous weight. FACTS Language: English (main language) Format/Binding: Format/Binding: Folio size (310 x 223 mm) cloth bound volumes including dust jacket. (Volumes, 11 books, approx: 5,000 pages, weight 26 kg. THE LIMITED EDITION also includes: bookmark in silk, two genuine Tapa cloth samples from Tonga, gilded edge, a unique number in the series of 1 - 300 copies and a personalised certificate (295 x 412 mm). Additional information: The volumes include illustrations, maps, bibliography, references, facsimiles and fold outs. Classifications: Agriculture, Anthropology, Antique furniture, Archaeology, Architecture & Town planning, Art (General), Astronomy, Atlases & Maps, Bibliographies, Biography, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Costume, Customs & Folklore, Economics (History of), Education, Environment, Fishing & Hunting, Food & Drink, Forestry, Gardening, Genealogy, Geography (General, Africa, Antarctica, Arctic ocean, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South & Central America, Oceania), Geology & Paleontology, History (General, Africa, Antarctica, Arctic ocean, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South & Central America, Oceania, Natural, Maritime), Language, Law, Medicine, Meteorology, Music, Numismatics, Religion, Science (General, History of, Field work), Shipping & Inland Waterways, Ships (Civil, Military), Social sciences, Technology & Manufacturing (History of), Trade & Commerce, Transport (General), Travel (General, Africa, Antarctica, Arctic ocean, Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South & Central America, Oceania, History of), Zoology (General, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Mammals, Reptiles & Amphibians). ISBN: 978-1-904145-26-4 (for complete set of eight volumes, eleven books)		FACT FILES Use the FACT FILES to put the real world of Linnaeus first - it is pure knowledge! You can learn more about the people listed below, the subjects that interested Carl Linnaeus, his Apostles and IK Foundation & Company's Linnaeus related publications, news and exhibitions. CARL LINNAEUS Carl Linnaeus Biography THE APOSTLES EUROPE, THE ARCTIC & ASIA Anton Rolandsson Martin (1729-1785) Johan Peter Falck (1732-1774) EUROPE, NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA Pehr Kalm (1716-1779) Pehr Löfling (1729-1756) Daniel Rolander (1725-1793) EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH EAST & WEST AFRICA Göran Rothman(1739-1778) Fredrik Hasselquist (1722-1752) Peter Forsskål (1732-1763) Andreas Berlin (1746-1773) Adam Afzelius (1750-1837) SOUTHERN AFRICA, OCEANIA, ANTARCTICA & SOUTH AMERICA Anders Sparrman (1748-1820) EUROPE, SOUTHERN AFRICA, EAST-, SOUTHERN- & SOUTHEAST ASIA Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) EUROPE, SOUTHERN AFRICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, EAST-, SOUTHERN- & SOUTHEAST ASIA Pehr Osbeck (1723-1805) Olof Torén (1718-1753)) Carl Fredrik Adler (1720-1761) Christopher Tärnström (1711-1746) Daniel Solander (1733-1782) CONTENTS & UPDATES Contents The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure. Volume ONE to EIGHT Books released/Due for release 2008. The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure. PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE ORDER: The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure. Vol. 1 - 8 List of Subscribers to the Limited Edition of The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure. Vol. 1 - 8. The Ambassadors of the Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure project. LINNAEUS PRESS INFORMATION (PDF 1.9 Mb) Special Issue - Linnaeus Apostles - of The IK Messenger. World Wide (October 2007) Sir David Attenborough on the Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure project. Richmond, United Kingdom. (8 October 2007) Obituary Mr Per Wahlström - "True Advocate for Nature and Culture". (October 2007) The New Scientist Magazine publishes a story about the Linnaeus apostle Daniel Rolander. (Aug 2007) The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure. The very first volume straight from the printers at a ceremony at the Drottningholm Palace, Sweden. (May 2007) The Return of the Linnaeus Apostles. At The Royal Geographical Society, London, United Kingdom. (March 2007) IK presents its publication of Linnaeus' Notebook from 1725 - the very first writings by Carl Linnaeus. World Wide (January 2007) Carl Linnaeus in Skåne. IK Launch of the official Guidebook for the Tercentenary Celebrations. (September 2006) Linnaeus Production With a Sense of Nordic Heritage (January 2006) The Swedish Gazebo - Science & Adventure (January 2005) Tärnström's Journal - Book launch in Gothenburg, Sweden IK's Linnaeus gathering with book launch in the presence of the Minister for Culture. Gothenburg, Sweden. (January 2005) The Speaker Björn von Sydow talks about The Linnaeus Apostles (February 2004) All of our news is available as an RSS feed here: If you wish to receive the latest information on a regular basis, click here to join the mailing list.

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