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Linnaeus Apostles CONTENTS THE COMPLETE CATALOGUE sFOUNDEDs THE DISCOVER THE WORLD with the Linnaeus Apostles through this major Cover I-II: Discover The World with The Linnaeus Apostles international series of eight volumes – eleven THE IK FOUND ATION & COMPANY books in all – with the overall title of LINNAEUS ö r 8FMDPNFUPUIFJODSFEJCMF8PSMEPGUIF-JOOBFVT"QPTUMFT THE LINNAEUS APOSTLES An international, independent learned organisation for promoting natural GLOBAL SCIENCE & ADVENTURE. ø r 4DJFOUJGJD"VUIPSTGSPNUIFõüUI$FOUVSZUP.PEFSO5JNFT and cultural history. The IK Foundation’s mission is to promote and stimu- APOSTLES ú r 5IF"SUPG4DIPMBSMZQVCMJTIJOHm5IF-JOOBFBO5SBEJUJPO late a better understanding of history from a variety of perspectives. This is the COMPLETE CATALOGUE of the greatest research and publishing project ever on GLOBAL SCIENCE & ADVENTURE ü r V O For more than two decades IK has worked for a better understanding of the the chosen few who came to be known as the Introduction Linnaeus Apostles. During the th century, the natural and cultural history of our world by means of, among other things, õô r V T field work, research projects, exhibitions and publications. Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus (-) was to inspire seventeen of his pupils to travel Europe, Arctic & Asia As an independent and not-for-profit organisation - with a strong reputa- to distant corners of the world to document local ö r V T tion for excellence, interdisciplinary thinking, in-depth knowledge and nature and culture. They travelled across land Europe, North & South America and sea on their own or as members of expedi- long-term results - IK continues to develop unique international networks tions, covering every continent between the years õù r V F of cooperation and finance in order to fulfil its mission. and . Europe, Middle East, North East & West Africa A mission in which we believe that it is the right of everyone to have access Although Linnaeus and some of his apostles are õü r V F to good knowledge of both local and global natural and cultural history and known internationally, several of the apostles Southern Africa, Oceania, Antarctica & South America that an interdisciplinary and historical approach to these subjects probably are relatively unfamiliar, despite their global pio- õý r V S makes it easier to understand life as it is today and face the future - some- neering work in the service of science and man- Europe, Southern Africa, East-, Southern- & Southeast Asia thing that affects all of us on planet earth. kind. The publication of their journals – several of them now made available for the very first öõ r V S By collaborating with other networks - large and small, local and global - time – will for a long time to come stimulate fresh Europe, Southern Africa, Oceania, South America, East-, Southern- we can initiate and manage long-term and in-depth scientific projects of research, new thinking and not least provide ex- The Complete & Southeast Asia high quality that are presented in an easily understood and absorbing citing reading about cultures, landscapes and manner. people of a bygone era. 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Weber, University of Colorado Museum, USA ‘Your eight volumes series devoted to the work and exploration of Linnaeus’ pupils sounds an important and invaluable project...’ Sir David Attenborough, Naturalist, Broadcaster BBC, United Kingdom AFRICA • AgRICULTURE • ANTARCTICA • ANTHRO- CONTENTS POLOgY • ARCTIC OCEAN • ASIA • ASTRONOMY THE COMPLETE CATALOGUE sFOUNDEDs THE AUSTRALASI • ATLASES & DISCOVER THE WORLD with the Linnaeus Apostles through this major Cover I-II: Discover The World with The Linnaeus Apostles THE international series of eight volumes – eleven MAPS • BIBLI O gRAPHY THE IK FOUND ATION & COMPANY books in all – with the overall title of LINNAEUS ö r 8FMDPNFUPUIFJODSFEJCMF8PSMEPGUIF-JOOBFVT"QPTUMFT THE LINNAEUS APOSTLES An international, independent learned organisation for promoting natural GLOBAL SCIENCE & ADVENTURE. ø r 4DJFOUJGJD"VUIPSTGSPNUIFõüUI$FOUVSZUP.PEFSO5JNFT BIOgRAPHY LINNAEUS • BOTANY and cultural history. The IK Foundation’s mission is to promote and stimu- APOSTLES ú r 5IF"SUPG4DIPMBSMZQVCMJTIJOHm5IF-JOOBFBO5SBEJUJPO late a better understanding of history from a variety of perspectives. This is the COMPLETE CATALOGUE of the greatest research and publishing project ever on GLOBAL SCIENCE & ADVENTURE ü r V O CARTOgRAPHY APOSTLES • ECONOMY For more than two decades IK has worked for a better understanding of the the chosen few who came to be known as the Introduction Linnaeus Apostles. During the th century, the LOBAL CIENCE DVENTURE natural and cultural history of our world by means of, among other things, õô r V T G S & A field work, research projects, exhibitions and publications. 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