ITER PALAESTINUM ELLER RESA TIL HELIGA LANDET. UTGIFVEN AF CARL LINNAEUS

Hasselquist, Frederik

Published by n.p., Stockholm, 1757

About this Item

Very good, in contemporary quarter sheep. Linnaeus sponsored Hasselquist's travels in the Holy Land, and published this book after the author's death. Soulsby 3577. In 1747, Frederic Hasselquist entered the study of his teacher Carolus Linnaeus to announce his decision to go to the Holy Land and explore its natural history. This decision was prompted by a lecture in which Linnaeus complained that the natural history of the Holy Land was almost as little know as that of the remote provinces of India. Hasselquist finally embarked on his journey in 1749; visiting parts of Asia Minor, Egypt, Cyprus and Palestine, making large natural history collections. Unfortunately, his health succumbed to the fatigues of travel, and he died near Smyrna on his way home. His collections did reach Stockholm, and five years after his death his notes were published by Linnaeus under the title Iter Palæstinum, Eller Resa til Heliga Landet, Förrättad Ifrån år 1749 til 1752, which was translated into French and German in 1762 and into English in 1766 (as Voyages and Travels in the Levant, in the Years 1749, 50, 51, 52).;

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ITER PALAESTINUM ELLER RESA TIL HELIGA LANDET. UTGIFVEN AF CARL LINNAEUS
• Publisher: n.p., Stockholm
• Publication Date: 1757
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Middle East Studies
  • 18th Century
  • Natural History
  • Travel and Exploration