Travelled with the Dutch East
India Company to Japan where he spent fifteen months studying
flora and making other observations. At that time Japan was
closed to foreigners. He had previously spent three years in
southern Africa studying flora, natural history and social history.
On his return from Japan he made a stop at what is now known
as Sri Lanka. He stayed for almost six months. He is considered
to have been the greatest botanist of his day and organised
large collections from a number of European countries.
BORN
1743, Jönköping, Småland, Sweden.
EDUCATION
Uppsala university, Sweden.
TRAVEL DIARY
His travel diaries were published
in four languages between 1788 and 1796. Resa uti Europa,
Africa, Asia, förrättad åren 1770-1779. vol. I 1788, vol. II
1789, vol. III 1791, vol. IV 1793.
DIED
1828 (Uppsala churchyard),
Uppsala, Sweden.
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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