The Travels of Peter Kalm: Finnish-Swedish Naturalist Through Colonial North America, 1748-1751 - Softcover

Paula Ivaska Robbins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1930098804 ISBN 13: 9781930098800

Publisher: Purple Mountain Press, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Paula Ivaska Robbins, PhD, is a retired academic administrator. She was a consultant to the Linnaeus tercentennial exhibition project of the American-Swedish Historical Museum and is a volunteer guide at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, where she lives. Her parents were born in Finland, and Finnish was her first language. Dr. Robbins taught at the University of Helsinki in 1982 under a grant from the Finnish Academy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Purple Mountain Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1930098804
• ISBN 13: 9781930098800
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 213