SwaanP

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Swaan, P.

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

career:

Captain Lieutenant of the Dutch Navy, accompanied the voyage of the ‘Soerabaja’ to New Guinea (1875-76).¹ For itinerary and complete literature see sub O. Beccari.

Author of a hydrographical description of the coasts of New Guinea.²

collections:

Mus. Kol. (= Ind.) Inst. Amsterdam (formerly Haarlem): wild nutmegs (pres. 1876). They were probably collected in the vicinity of Wairoor (facing the island of Mios Waar), Geelvink Bay, NW. New Guinea, on Dec. 4, 1875.³

literature:

(1) A.J. Langeveldt van Hemert and P. Swaan: ‘Verslag der reis van het stoomschip Soerabaja naar de Noord- en Westkust van Nieuw-Guinea van November 1875 tot Maart 1876’ (in Robidé van der Aa, Reizen naar Ned. Nieuw-Guinea ... in de jaren 1871, 1872, 1875-76, etc., ‘s-Gravenhage 1879, p. 211-342).
Report by Swaan in Jaarb. Kon. Nederl. Zeemacht 1875-76, p. 333-355).
(2) P. Swaan: Hydrographische beschrijving der kusten van Nieuw-Guinea’ (Tijdschr. K.N.A.G. 3, 1879, p. 85-97 + map).
(3) cf. in Robidé van der Aa l.c. sub 1, p. 249-250.

	Career Collections Literature
	Swaan, P.
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	career: Captain Lieutenant of the Dutch Navy, accompanied the voyage of the ‘Soerabaja’ to New Guinea (1875-76).¹ For itinerary and complete literature see sub O. Beccari. Author of a hydrographical description of the coasts of New Guinea.²
	collections: Mus. Kol. (= Ind.) Inst. Amsterdam (formerly Haarlem): wild nutmegs (pres. 1876). They were probably collected in the vicinity of Wairoor (facing the island of Mios Waar), Geelvink Bay, NW. New Guinea, on Dec. 4, 1875.³
	literature: (1) A.J. Langeveldt van Hemert and P. Swaan: ‘Verslag der reis van het stoomschip Soerabaja naar de Noord- en Westkust van Nieuw-Guinea van November 1875 tot Maart 1876’ (in Robidé van der Aa, Reizen naar Ned. Nieuw-Guinea ... in de jaren 1871, 1872, 1875-76, etc., ‘s-Gravenhage 1879, p. 211-342). Report by Swaan in Jaarb. Kon. Nederl. Zeemacht 1875-76, p. 333-355). (2) P. Swaan: Hydrographische beschrijving der kusten van Nieuw-Guinea’ (Tijdschr. K.N.A.G. 3, 1879, p. 85-97 + map). (3) cf. in Robidé van der Aa l.c. sub 1, p. 249-250.