Download or read book The Linnaeus Apostles: Europe, the Middle East, Northeast & West Africa written by Göran Rothman and published by The IK Foundation & Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 661 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 18th century the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus inspired 17 of his scholars to travel to the far corners of the earth to document local nature and culture. Their travels covered all the continents, and they came to be known as the Linnaeus Apostles. Some of their journals have now been made available for the first time.