| Daniel SOLANDER |
 Kopia av William Parrys oljemålning, utförd av WJS Brava |
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| f. 1733, Piteå Gammelstad (Öjebyn) d. 1782, London, England | ||
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 Education |
Uppsala university | |
| Journeys |
Twentyseven years old Solander arrived to London, and would never see Sweden again. He´s got a job at British museum and worked among other things with the big Benjamin Franklin. Solander became near friend with Sir Joseph bank's, and together they participated in James Cooks first sailing around the world. The journey went via south America, to Australia, Oceania, Asia and Africa and resulted in a homebringing of 110 plant families and 1 400 species. All new for the science. After homecoming Solander and Banks was honoured more than Cook. The year after, the both friends again was travelled on an expedition. This time to Hebriderna and Island. | |
| Left documentation |
Duyker och Tingbrand, Solander, collected correspondence 1753-1782.Edward Duyker, Nature´s Argonaut, Daniel Solander 1733-1782. | |
| Notable |
Solander is a considerable bigger crowd name in the Anglo-Saxon world than here at home. He is strongly linked to Pacific ocean. As a memorie exist a granite monument at Botany Bay (Australia) and geographic names: Cap Solander, Solander Island etc. | |
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