Der Geistliche Pehr Osbeck wurde im Jahre 1750 von der schwedischen Ostindien-Compagnie berufen, das beschwerliche Amt des Schiffspredigers wahrzunehmen. Osbeck, der uber grosse naturwissenschaftliche Kenntnisse verfugte, nutzte die lange Zeit, um ein wahrhaft riesiges Werk zu schaffen, in dem er nicht nur als Zeitzeuge eindringlich das Leben auf Grossseglern schildert, sondern daruber hinaus naturkundliche Beobachtungen beschreibt, welche die Lekture auch heute noch zu einem Genuss mache

A student of Carl Linnaeus, Pehr Osbeck (1723 1805) was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and chaplain. He travelled to Asia in 1750 2 and brought back some six hundred specimens that were included in Linnaeus' Species Plantarum (1753). His account of his voyage was published in Swedish in 1757, in German in 1765, and here in English in 1771, edited and translated by Johann Reinhold Forster (1729 98). This two-volume work also includes letters to Linnaeus by another pupil, Olof Toren (1718 53), who also travelled to the East in the early 1750s, as well as a paper on Chinese husbandry by Carl Gustaf Ekeberg (1716 84). Ekeberg made ten trips to China and India between 1742 and 1778, becoming a captain in the Swedish East India Company. He too brought back numerous specimens for Linnaeus. Volume 2 contains the conclusion of Osbeck's account, the pieces by Toren and Ekeberg, and a catalogue of animals and plants native to China.

A student of Carl Linnaeus, Pehr Osbeck (1723 1805) was a Swedish explorer, naturalist and chaplain. He travelled to Asia in 1750 2 and brought back some six hundred specimens that were included in Linnaeus' Species Plantarum (1753). His account of his voyage was published in Swedish in 1757, in German in 1765, and here in English in 1771, edited and translated by Johann Reinhold Forster (1729 98). This two-volume work also includes letters to Linnaeus by another pupil, Olof Toren (1718 53), who also travelled to the East in the early 1750s, as well as a paper on Chinese husbandry by Carl Gustaf Ekeberg (1716 84). Ekeberg made ten trips to China and India between 1742 and 1778, becoming a captain in the Swedish East India Company. He too brought back numerous specimens for Linnaeus. Volume 1, however, is given over entirely to Osbeck's narrative.

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Im Jahre 1750 wurde der Geistliche Pehr Osbeck, der neben seiner geistlichen T tigkeit auch ambitionierter Naturforscher war, berufen, das Amt eines Schiffspredigers wahrzunehmen. Innehalb dieser Zeit nahm er an einer Ostasien- und Chinareise teil, auf der er nicht nur Zeuge des Lebens auf Gro seglern wurde, sondern dem dar ber hinaus die M glichkeit zuteil wurde, naturkundliche Beobachtungen zu t tigen. Die Ergebnisse dieser interessanten Reise sind in dem vorliegenden Werk aus dem Jahre 1765 vereint, welches auch heute noch wunderbar zu lesen ist.