Reis door Noord Amerika : Gedaan door den Heer Pieter Kalm

Name: Reis door Noord Amerika : Gedaan door den Heer Pieter Kalm
Author: Pehr Kalm

by Pehr Kalm

NL·~20 hours

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Description

Translation based upon J. R. Forster's English, and J. A. and J. F. Murray's German translation of the Swedish original; the former published in 2 vols., Warrington, 1770-1771, and the latter published in 3 vols., Göttingen, 1756-64. The portion relating to England omitted.

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Duration

~20 hours (1169K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Utrecht: J. van Schoonhoven en Comp. en G. van den Brink Janz., 1772.

Credits

Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2023-08-20

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Scientific expeditions United States -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Natural history -- United States Canada -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 Natural history -- Canada E151 F1001

About the author

Pehr Kalm

1716–1779

A student of Carl Linnaeus, this Swedish-Finnish naturalist became one of the 18th century’s great travel observers when he crossed the Atlantic to study the plants, farming, and daily life of North America. His journals blend science, curiosity, and vivid detail from a world in motion.

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