ikfoundation.org
Promoting Natural & Cultural History
- WELCOME
- RESEARCH & ENTERPRISE
- THE IK WORKSHOP SOCIETY
- FIELD STATION
- BOOKS & ART0
- CONTACT
iFellows Sign In
Find out more about becoming an iFellow...My Basket
Items: 0Total: €0.00
SWEDISH PASSPORT
– Adam Afzelius’ Journey towards England in 1789
| TYPE: | Image |
| DATE: | 20th October 1789 - 29th April 1799 |
| AUTHOR: | Adam Afzelius (1750-1837), observation 29 April 1799 |
| PHOTOGRAPHER: | Internal Swedish passport, Göteborg 20 October 1789. |
| CAT/REF NUMBER: | NM.0073136. |
| COLLECTION(S): | The Nordic Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. Internal passport 1789. DigitaltMuseum. |
| REFERENCE(S): | • Sörbom, Per, ‘Over Land and Sea’, The Linnaeus Apostles: Global Science & Adventure, Ed. Lars Hansen, Vol. One, pp. 213-240, London & Whitby 2010. |
| ADDED: | 23/05/2023 |
| iFELLOW: | Viveka Hansen |
| JOURNALS ETC: | Linnaeus Apostles Global Science & Adventure, Volume 4, Page 637 |
| CONTENT: | This internal passport – issued by the magistrates in Göteborg and Bohuslän provinces in Sweden was drawn up for “the Medical Master and Demonstrator at the Academy of Uppsala, Adam Afzelius, who intends to travel abroad”. Such a document was needed for his journey overland from Uppsala to Göteborg before boarding a ship to England. For Swedes and foreigners who moved within the country, the strict regulations of having a passport from the authorities applied, rules which had been in place in various forms since 1555. During the time of Afzelius’ travels, at every staging post, he had to certify his intent by presenting his document to get free passage. The staging posts along the country roads were not even allowed to provide fresh horses to any traveller not in possession of a passport. After several years in England (where he arrived in 1789) and two voyages to Sierra Leone – during the spring of 1796, Afzelius sailed back to London, where he stayed for a few more years after his African sojourn. His journey back home to Uppsala via Norway only started in April 1799 after almost ten years abroad, also evident via this rare and well-preserved passport dated 20 October 1789. |
| GEO-LOCATION: | WGS84(57.69378, 11.90666) |
RETURN TO iLOG
iLOG
iLOG is the overarching definition for two key features of the iLINNAEUS; the first being iPROJECTS which for example denotes the continual publication of travel excerpts from the Bridge Builder Expeditions amongst other iPROJECTS 
. Secondly the ADD KNOWLEDGE function 
allows iFELLOWS to add their own contributions to the wider fount of knowledge which was established by the Linnaeus Apostles. This function also includes SPECIAL COLLECTIONS of Natural & Cultural History material related to The Linnaeus Apostles, kept in collections of museums and organisations around the World.
. Secondly the ADD KNOWLEDGE function allows iFELLOWS to add their own contributions to the wider fount of knowledge which was established by the Linnaeus Apostles. This function also includes SPECIAL COLLECTIONS of Natural & Cultural History material related to The Linnaeus Apostles, kept in collections of museums and organisations around the World.
Updated/Checked 09/02/2023
THE IK FOUNDATION & COMPANY PROMOTING NATURAL & CULTURAL HISTORY
FIND OUT MORE @
SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER
TRANSLATE PAGE
A link to this page has
been copied to your clipboard
SHARE @been copied to your clipboard
© The IK Foundation & Company 2024
– a truly European organisation since 1988
– a truly European organisation since 1988
Legal issues | Forget me | and much more...
HOW TO CITE or MAKE CREDIT
It is free to use the information/knowledge in The IK Workshop Society so long as you follow a few rules.
LEARN MORE
It is free to use the information/knowledge in The IK Workshop Society so long as you follow a few rules.
LEARN MORE
