The Travels of Peter Kalm: Finnish-Swedish Naturalist Through Colonial North America, 1748-1751
Book Details
Author(s)
Paula Ivaska Robbins
Publisher
Purple Mountain Press
ISBN / ASIN
1930098804
ISBN-13
9781930098800
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Commemorating the the 300th anniversary of the birth of the great Swedish naturalist, Linnaeus, 1707-2007, who sent his favorite disciple, Peter (Pehr) Kalm, to botanize in North America. Kalm is remembered today, not only for the specimens he brought back to Europe, but also for his journal, a rich source for information about colonial life, religion, politics, and architecture. Linnaeus named our mountain laurel Kalmia latifolia in honor of Kalm. This account of Kalm's travels is the first in English.
