Christopher TERNSTRÖM
f. 1703, Funbo, Uppland d. 1746, Pulo-Condore, Vietnam
Education	Uppsala university
Journeys	Ternström is considered as Linnés first apostle. He sailed out as a ship priest 1746 with "Svenska Ostindiska Kompaniets Calmare". They came during the autumn to the archipelago Pulo-Condore, outside the present Vietnams coast, to anchor up in winter blocks. Already after two months work, comes Ternström “to fall in a difficuld, illness and therefore his days was shortened”.
Left documentation	His diary, "Resejournaler 1745-46", is preserved at Uppsala University library.
Notable	Ternström left a widow and children after himself and it did not exist some kind of widow pension. Linné became responsible for the cathastrophic situation for the surviving relatives, which concerned him exstremly bad..