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THE MUNDUS LINNÆI SERIES - No: 1. CHRISTOPHER TÄRNSTRÖM'S JOURNAL  A Passage between Europe and East Asia in the year 1746Christopher Tärnström (1711 -1746) was the first of Linnaeus' followers to be instructed to study and document flora and fauna outside Europe, hence the name the first Linnaeus apostle. Tärnström travelled as ship's chaplain on the East Indies Ship Calmar. The ship sailed from Gothenburg in Sweden for China on 13 February 1746. Unfortunately the Calmar was too late to take advantage of the southwest monsoon winds between Sumatra and Java and was forced to find a winter birth in the Pulo Condor islands not far from what is now known as Con San in Vietnam. The Calmar stayed here until mid April the following year, and when she did leave port it was without her ship's chaplain! Following a few weeks illness, Tärnström died at the age of 35 on 4 December 1746. He was buried not far from their camp in Calmare Bay. The book includes a short narration by Andreas Gadd about the stay on Pulo Condor, which in some points supplements Tärnström's journal. Kristina Söderpalm has transcribed all Tärnström's material and this will be the first time that the work has been made available in Swedish. The material will also be translated and published word for word in one of the volumes of The Linnaeus Apostles - Global Science & Adventure. Life on board as described in Tärnström's journals is arguably better than any other 18th century descriptions. The journals are also personal diaries in as much as he describes his own feelings and thoughts. His ambitions with respect to the study of nature and how field studies à la Linnaeus were carried out, are particularly well described in his notes from Cadiz and in even more detail from Pulo Condor (Vietnam). Finally it should be said that Tärnström's journal has literary qualities that make the reading fascinating. SEE ALSO: - Christopher Tärnströms Journal (Published 2005)
THE MUNDUS LINNÆI SERIES - No: 2. THE CARL LINNÆUS NOTEBOOK 1725 - 1727 THE CARL LINNAEUS NOTEBOOK 1725 - 1727; the first work ever written by the world famous naturalist. This is probably one of the most important works to help us understand the real Linnaeus.  The Swedish naturalist CARL LINNAEUS (1707-1778) was uniquely gifted in the field of natural and cultural sciences and became world-famous for the system of classification and the nomenclature that he developed which botanists and zoologists use to this day.The young Carl Linnaeus's life and sphere of thinking are relatively little known to most people. It is therefore of great importance for the understanding of Linnaeus' world – but also as an inspiration – that, in the learned series MUNDUS LINNÆI, we are able to publish the very first known writing by him when he was still in his late teens. THE CARL LINNAEUS NOTEBOOK 1725 - 1727, now introduced in English for the first time, is the oldest manuscript by the great naturalist. It was written between the years 1725 and 1727 during his final years at Växjö old grammar school, or Gymnasium, today called Växjö Katedralskola. Apart from being highly valuable because of its age, the Notebook demonstrates the rapid development of a remarkable teenager with a fascination for natural history and medicine, besides which it foreshadows in many ways Linnaeus’s future work. It contains quotations from more than 70 different learned works and reveals how fully he understood that plants have gender, a characteristic not generally accepted at the time but which would later come to be of great significance as he developed his system of plant classification. In order to understand how, from very early on in his life, the son of a clergyman in the province of Småland in southern Sweden could become so deeply interested in natural history and, what is more, obtain advanced literature to satisfy that interest, it is necessary to start from his very early years.  THREE VOLUMES IN A SOLANDER BOX - Only 500 numbered copies have been printed, in three Volumes.THE FACSIMILE is a complete facsimile edition of the Notebook, including handwritten text, sketches, drawings and tables. The format of the Notebook is 100 x 150mm and it contains 169 pages. In their relatively complicated approach, the notes reveal a mature young man with touches of brilliance. THE TRANSCRIPTION includes the complete transcription of the Notebook, page for page, into English. Here the sometimes hard-to-read notes are made accessible. Included is an extensive index with classified search terms. THE COMMENTS: the author/transcriber Torbjörn Lindell contributes his comments on the texts in the Notebook. The young Linnaeus’ quotations from about 70 learned oeuvres are commented on, as are the reasons and the means by which Linnaeus came to have access to them, their characteristics, scientific and scholarly significance and notes on where they appear in the original Notebook. It is possible to follow how the young Linnaeus developed through his own choice of sources. Not unexpectedly, it then transpires that the later notes refer to more purely scientific works. Particular attention has naturally been devoted to the sections where Linnaeus draws on his very own resources. Other chapters in the volume present descriptions of surroundings of significance for the genesis of the Notebook. Both his home and school environments are of great interest in this context - included therefore are biographical portrayals of his father and his circle of learned friends covering the home environment and, as regards the schooling mainly of his mentor Johan Rothman. The form of the 18th century education system in Sweden is also of great importance. Linnaeus did, after all, partly enjoy a private education, and that is the reason behind the descriptions of his years at Växjö as well as his earlier years at Stenbrohult. An analysis of Linnaeus' autobiographical notes from these his years at school are compared with other sources. Little is known of the fate of the Notebook after he left school in 1727. The volume is sumptuously illustrated. SEE ALSO: - The Carl Linnaeus Notebook 1725 - 1727
THE MUNDUS LINNÆI SERIES - No: 3. DOCTOR CARL LINNAEUS - PHYSICIAN 
Most people know that CARL LINNAEUS (1707-1778) is world-famous for the system of nomenclature he developed, still used by botanists and zoologists to this day. He is also known for his travels throughout Sweden and descriptions of the Swedish landscape, and for having inspired worldwide travel for scientific purposes by the chosen few who came to be known as the Linnaeus 'apostles'. But it may be less well known that for most of his life he was a practising doctor of medicine.This book tells the extraordinary story of this son of a Swedish country clergyman who had already written when still a schoolboy an advanced Notebook (untitled but generally known as "örtabok" or The Book of Plants) in which, in compact handwriting and mainly in Latin and Swedish, he described his own and others' reflections not only on nature in general, but on medicinal cures and the use of plants in alleviating sickness. Carl Linnaeus qualified as a Doctor of Medicine in 1735 in the Netherlands with a thesis on malaria. His doctorate qualified him to teach Medicine, make professional visits to patients, write prescriptions and practise medicine everywhere. During this his only period outside Sweden he also took advantage of the opportunity to visit Europe's leading medical and botanical gardens, including Amsterdam's Hortum Medicum and London's Chelsea Physic Garden. DOCTOR CARL LINNAEUS – PHYSICIAN is a scholarly tour of the less known side as a practising scientific medical man of a universal genius. It has been researched and written by the Swedish physician and author Nils-Erik Landell. Born in Stockholm in 1935, Landell has published nearly fifty books in the field of natural and cultural history in addition to many scientific papers over a range of medical disciplines. He has been a committee member of the Swedish Linnaeus Society and is reckoned among today's greatest experts on Linnaeus. SEE ALSO: - Doctor Carl Linnaeus - Physician (Published 2008)
THE MUNDUS LINNÆI SERIES - No: 4. TEXTILES AND DYES FROM THE WORLD OF CARL LINNAEUS AND HIS APOSTLES. 
A research and publishing project designed to gather and collate information about the textiles, dyes and dying methods that were documented and described by Carl Linnaeus and his apostles in the 18th century.The project, which will include descriptions of 18th century dying processes using plants and minerals, will work closely with the Linnaeus Apostles project. The results will be published by textile historian Viveka Hansen (fellow of the Linnean Society of London) in a specially designed book that will include hand made colour samples using original recipes from various parts of the world, transcripts by Linnaeus and the his apostles. The book will also be lavishly illustrated with contemporary and modern illustrations and maps. |
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Linnæi). The series incorporates various topics written by leading
experts in such fields as culture, the arts, and natural
history. New topics, forgotten stories, facsimile prints, new
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 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 AFRICAGöran Rothman(1739-1778) Fredrik Hasselquist (1722-1752) Peter Forsskål (1732-1763) Andreas Berlin (1746-1773) Adam Afzelius (1750-1837)
SOUTHERN AFRICA, OCEANIA, ANTARCTICA & SOUTH AMERICAAnders Sparrman (1748-1820) EUROPE, SOUTHERN AFRICA, EAST-, SOUTHERN- & SOUTHEAST ASIACarl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) EUROPE, SOUTHERN AFRICA, OCEANIA, SOUTH AMERICA, EAST-, SOUTHERN- & SOUTHEAST ASIAPehr Osbeck (1723-1805) Olof Torén (1718-1753)) Carl Fredrik Adler (1720-1761) Christopher Tärnström (1711-1746) Daniel Solander (1733-1782) |
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Published: The Complete Catalogue - Unique world-wide travel journals written by the associates of the celebrated naturalist Carl Linnaeus (June 2009) The Return of the Linnaeus Apostles. At Whitby Museum. (April 2009) Obituary Mr Ragnar Edberg - naturalist, humanist and taxidermist (September 2008) New Book release - Doctor Carl Linnaeus Physician. World Wide (May 2008) 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. |
