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Christopher Tärnström
 
 EXPEDITION 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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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.

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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)

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