Jean Louis BerlandierPapers 1826-1829

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Jean Louis BerlandierPapers 1826-1829

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Travels of Jean-LouisBerlandier as botanist and explorer with the Mexican Boundary Commission andthe Ruiz expedition, describing the countryside, flora, fauna, settlements,mining sites and indigenous populations of Mexico, Texas andLouisiana.

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Berlandier, Jean Louis, -1851

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Berlandier (1805-1851) was born in France and at a young age went to Geneva where he became an apprentice in a drug firm. He studied under the botanist Alphonse de Candolle; in 1826 he went to Mexico to collect plants under the sponsorship of de Candolle. Several published works based on this research appeared between 1832 and 1850. Berlandier also established himself as a pharmacist and doctor in Matamoros, Mexico. From the description of Papers of Jean Louis Berlandier, 1825-1855 (...