When Carl Linnaeus (called Carl von Linné after being ennobled and known as Linné in Sweden) embarked on his scientific journeys through eighteenth century Sweden he visited a large number of places. He described and commented many of these in a series of travel journals. “Linné was here" is a kind of peripatetic (see below) exhibition designed to entice people to undertake their own voyages of discovery, in the footsteps and in the spirit of Linné. The traveller of today, by following the carefully sited signs, can stand where he once stood and compare the appearance of today´s landscape with his description. There are thirty three sites spread out over the whole country which can be found by using their grid references or special maps. The relevant texts can be found in five different languages in the catalogue or on the net at:www.linnewashere.se
Linnaeus in the Netherlands
Linnaeus arrived in Amsterdam in 1735 and after a short stay he went to Harderwijk where he attended its university. Linnaeus also visited the University of Leiden. During a couple of years after finishing his studies (1735-1738), Linnaeus worked as the private physician of George Clifford at the Hartekamp estate outside Haarlem where he set up botanical, mineralogical, and zoological collections.