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This is page 420 of James Hingston Tuckey's 1818 Narrative of an expedition to explore the River Zaire. It is the first page of Appendix V, Robert Brown's acclaimed Observations, systematical and geographical, on the herbarium collected by Professor Christian Smith, in the vicinity of the Congo, during the expedition to explore that river, under the command of Captain Tuckey, in the year 1816.

Date

1818

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https://archive.org/details/narrativeofexped00tuck

Author



Alternative names	R.Br.
Description	British botanist, pteridologist, bryologist, surgeon, mycologist and naturalist Robert Brown was one of Britain's greatest botanists. He is best known as the discoverer of Brownian motion. He also introduced the science of palynology, and described and named thousands of plants.
Date of birth/death	21 December 1773	10 June 1858
Location of birth/death	Montrose, Scotland	London
Authority file	: Q155764 VIAF: 34572082 ISNI: 0000000081135572 LCCN: n85801830 NLA: 36548194 Botanist: R.Br. WorldCat

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Observations, systematical and geographical, on the herbarium collected by Professor Christian Smith, in the vicinity of the Congo