The first Linnaeus apostle.
Sailed with the Swedish East India Company in 1746. Died on
the island of Pulo-Condore, off the coast of what is now Vietnam,
where he had worked for just two months.
BORN
1711, Funbo, Uppland, Sweden.
EDUCATION
Uppsala university, Sweden.
TRAVEL DIARY
His diary, Resejournaler
1745 - 1746 - is part of a collection in Uppsala University
Library in Sweden - was published posthumously by IK Foundation
& Company in The Mundus Linnæi Series - No: 1. Christopher
Tärnströms Journal. En resa mellan Europa och Sydostasien år
1746 (A Passage between Europe and East Asia in the year 1746),
by Kristina Söderpalm (Editor Lars Hansen). 2005
DIED
1746, Pulo-Condore.
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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