1883 Mededeelingen over Liberia. Resultaten van eene onder- zoekingsreis door J. Büttikofer en C.F. Sala in de jaren C 1879–1882. Amsterdam: C.L. Brinkman, & Utrecht: J.L. Beijers. Description: xvi, 147, [b], fold. map. The first part is descriptive, pages 96–145 contain the nar- rative of the first journey (see following item). This is actually an offprint of a journal or series Bijbladen van het Tijdschrift van het Aardrijkskundig Genootschap te Cabot, James Elliot Amsterdam 12 (vol. 3(7)). See Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe.

1890 Cailliaud, Frédéric (1787–1869) Reisebilder aus Liberia. Resultate geographischer, natur- Entry ‘Cailliaud (Frédéric)’, NBG 8, col. 117–118. wissenschaftlicher und ethnographischer Untersuchungen während der Jahre 1879–1882 und 1886–1887. 2 vols. The French explorer and naturalist Frédéric Cailliaud Leiden: E.J. Brill. Description: xv, 440; viii, 510, illus. was born on 9 June, 1787 in Nantes and died there on (partly in col.), map. Vol.1 has as subtitle: Reise- und 1 May, 1869. Charakterbilder, and vol. 2: Die Bewohner Liberia’s. Already at an early age he was attracted by natural Thierwelt. history, in particular mineralogy, geology and conchol- ¶¶ [2005], facs. Saarbrücken: Fines Mundi. ogy. Cailliaud participated in two Egyptian expedi- English: tions: 1815–1818 and 1819–1822. Viceroy Muhammad ¶¶ 2013, Travel sketches from Liberia: Johann Büttikofer’s Ali appointed him state mineralogist, in which 19th century rainforest explorations in West Africa. capacity he rediscovered the emerald mines of the Annotated English ed., edited by H. Dop and P.T. pharaohs at Jabal Zabarah, near the Red Sea. In 1822 Robinson. Leiden and Boston: Brill. Description: xlvii, he ascended the Nile valley together with Ismail, the 866, illus. son of Muhammad Ali, and Pierre Constant Letorzek. Cailliaud also managed to get as far as Ethiopia. He discovered the ruins of the ancient Egyptian capital Meroë on 25 April, 1821, and reported on this expedi- tion in his Voyage à Méroé (1823–1827). After his return to France he devoted himself to ­natural history, in particular malacology. From 1827 to 1836 he was assistant curator, from 1836 until his death curator, of the Natural History Museum of Nancy.

1826–1827 Voyage à Meroë: au fleuve Blanc, au-delà de Fâzoql dans le midi du royaume de Sennâr à Syouha et dans cinq autres oasis; fait dans les années 1819, 1820, 1821 et 1822. 4 vols. Edited by F. Cailliaud and E.F. Jomard. Paris: Imprimerie Royale. Description: 429; 4 ll. of pl.; 442, 4 ll. of pl.; 431, 6 ll. of pl.; 417, 1 pl.; maps; 22 cm. Vols 1–2 appeared in 1826, vols 3-4 in 1827. An atlas belong- ing to this work in 2 vols with 75 plates had already been published in 1823 (Paris: Rignaux). The travel narrative is included in vol. 4. ¶¶ 1972, facs. Farnborough, Hampshire: Gregg. Description: 19 cm. The atlas was reprinted in 1982 (Wiesbaden: LTR-Verlag).

Caley, George (1770–1829) Currey 1966 ■ R. Else-Mitchell, ‘Caley, George (1770– 1829)’, AusDB online, accessed 26-08-2014.

The English naturalist and explorer George Caley was born on 10 June 1770 at Craven (Yorkshire) as the son of a horse dealer. After four years at

Caley, George | 93 Free Grammar School he went to work in his father’s he made an excursion to Monte Baldo near Verona, stables. in the company of, among others, Anguillara and As he wanted to increase his knowledge of farriery, Aldrovandi. The results of his excursions are described he took to studying , a discipline in which he in his Il viaggio di Monte Baldo (1566). was encouraged by the botanist William Witherby Calzolari had a natural history cabinet which extend- (1744–1799). In 1795 he approached * ed over three rooms on the first floor of his house. (1743–1820), who saw to his training at Kew and other Aldrovandi and Mattioli admired it in 1571 while gardens and then in 1798 sent him out as a collector to on a visit. A first detailed description by G.B. Olivi . appeared in 1584: De reconditis, et praecipuis collecta- Caley arrived in in April 1800, where he was neis ab honestissimo et solertissimo Francisco Calceolari given a house in spacious enough to store Veronensi in Musaeo adservatis. his collections and set up a botanic garden. There followed 10 years of diligent exploring and collecting 1566 natural history specimens. Il viaggio di Monte Baldo, della magnifica citta di Verona. He visited and Jervis Bay, the Hunter Nel quale si descrive con maraviglioso ordine il sito di detto River, and Tasmania, but most impor- Monte, & d’alcune altre parti ad esso contigue. Et etiandio tant probably were the excursions he undertook si narra d’alcune segnalate piante, & herbe, che ivi nascono, around Sydney. Caley cultivated the friendship of the & che nell’uso della medicina più di tutte l’altre conseri- Aboriginal people; in combination with his excursions scono. Venezia: Vincenzo Valgrisio. Description: 16. this gave him a detailed knowledge of the environment ¶¶ 1942, facs. reprint. Verona: La tipografia Veronese. of Sydney, which he communicated to Banks in many ¶¶ 2007, Francesco Calzolari, il viaggio di Monte Baldo, con letters and reports. Little use was made of his knowl- la testimonianza sul Museo Calzolari di Ulisse Aldrovandi. edge by the British government, presumably because Edited by G. Sandrini. Verona: Alba Pratalia. of the unsettled state of the colony in these days. Latin: In 1808 Banks terminated his appointment and offered ¶¶ 1571, included in P.A. Matthioli, Compendium de him a small pension. Caley then returned to , plantis omnibus, vna cum earum iconibus, de quibus scripsit where he lived, presumably on his pension, until 1816, suis in commentariis in Dioscoridem editis, in eorum studi- when he was appointed Superintendent of the Botanic osorum commodum, atque vsum; qui plantis conquirendis, Gardens at St. Vincent, West Indies. There he was ac indagandis student. Announced in the title as Accessit harassed by the British residents like his predeces- præterea ad calcem opusculum de itinere, quo è Verona sors before him, and resigned in December 1822 due in Baldum montem plantarum refertissimum itur; iisdem to health problems. He returned to England where he studiosis vtilissimum. Francisco Calceolario Pharmacopæo lived in Bayswater until his death on 23 May, 1829. Veronensi auctore. Venezia: Valgrisi. ¶¶ 1584, included in G.B. Oliva, De reconditis, et 1984 praecipuis collectaneis ab honestissimo, et solertiss.mo The Devil’s Wilderness: George Caley’s journey to Mount Francisco Calceolario Veronensi in musaeo adseruatis, Banks, 1804. Edited by A.E.J. Andrews. , Ioannis Baptistae Oliui medici testificatio ... (description Tasmania: Blubber Head Press. Description: 150, 30 p. of the cabinet of Calzolari). Venezia: Paulo Zanfretto. of pl., maps; 24 cm. ¶¶ 1586, likewise included in the Frankfurt ed. of the 1571 ed. listed above, edited by Joachim Camerarius: Calzolari, Francesco (1522–1609) De Plantis Epitome vtilissima Petri Andreae Matthioli The name is sometimes spelt ‘Calzolaris’ ■ G. Gliozzi, Senensis... Frankfurt am Main: Johann Feyerabend. ‘Calzolari, Francesco’, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani ¶¶ 1593, included in the new ed. of the Oliva’s De recon- 17 (1974), online version accessed 10-10-2014. ditis..., Verona: Hieronymus Discipulus. ¶¶ 1745, included as Franciscae Calceolarii Iter in Baldum The Italian botanist and pharmacist Francesco Montem in J.F. Séguier, Plantae Veronenses, vol. 2, Calzolari was born on July 10 1522 in Verona; he died p. 450–480. Verona: Typis Seminarii. at his second house in Rivoli Veronese, at the foot of the Monte Baldo, on 5 March, 1609. He followed the Candolle, Augustin Pyramus de (1778–1841) profession of his father and became an apothecary. The family name is sometimes written as ‘Decandolle’ In the years 1548–1549 he studied at the University ■ Entry ‘Candolle (Augustin-Pyramus de)’, NBG 8, of Padua. Though he hardly every travelled far from col. 461–487 ■ R. F. Erickson’ Augustin Pyramus de the city of his birth, he was in contact with the great Candolle 1778–1841, found via website Italian botanists of his time: Luigi Anguillara (1512– www.illustratedgarden.org > browse authors > 1572), Luca Ghini (1490–1556), Ulisse Aldrovandi Candolle, accessed 03-07-2015. (1522–1605) and Pietro Andrea Gregorio Mattioli (1501–1577). The Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle He visited the Monte Baldo several times. In 1554 (also written Decandolle) was born on 4 February ,

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