Sailed on a number of voyages
with the Swedish East India Company. His last trip was to Java
where he died.
BORN
1720, Stockholm (?), Sweden
EDUCATION
Uppsala university, Sweden.
TRAVEL DIARY
Sent a number of natural-history
specimens back to Sweden. The only known document is a Skeppsläkarjournal,
written between 1753 - 1756 to India and China.
DIED
1761, Java.
The map provides an overview of the places each
Apostle described in, for example, his travel diary, books or letters.
Modern geographical names are used. For further information see
the collected works, The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure.
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