> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 773](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333912) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/9952-1) LSID 9952-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q433984) QID Q433984 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Sparrman, Anders (1748-1820), Swedish botanist, physician and traveller; studied at Uppsala with, e.g., C. Linnaeus; Dr. med. h.c. Uppsala 1775; titular professor Uppsala 1781; curator of the natural history cabinet of the Swedish Academy of Sciences 1780-1797; lectured at the college of medicine of Stockholm 1790-1803, assessor 1803-1820; naval physician on a trip to the East Indies and China under C.G. Ekeberg 1765-1767; with Cook on his second voyage 1772-1775, at the Cape in 1772 and 1775-1776; on the African west coast and the Cape Verde Islands 1787-1788. **Abbreviated name**: *Sparrm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sparrm.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection S|S]] (via the Sw. Acad. Sci.); other material at [[Collection H|H]], [[Collection LD|LD]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection LINN|LINN]], [[Collection SBT|SBT]], [[Collection UPS|UPS]]. – For zoological collections see Löwegren (1952) and SO 2631a. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 584-585; Backer p. 540; Barnhart 3: 307 (b. 27 Feb 1748, d. 9 Aug 1820); BM 5: 1987-1988, 8: 1229; Bossert p. 377; Bret. p. 61-62; Dawson p. 777; Dryander 3: 85, 241, 276, 330; Hortus 3: 1204; IH 1 (ed. 7): 343; KR p. 662 (bibl.); Lasègue p. 365, 435, 445, 502, 503; MW suppl. p. 331; PR alph. 2296, 5513, ed. 1: 6118, 9784; Rehder 5: 815; SK 1: 496, 4: xciii, 5: cccxxiii, 8: xciv; SO 1311, 2393, 2631a, add. 1227b; TL-2/4836, see P.J. Bergius; Tucker 1: 662, 3: 290. #### Biofile - Almborn, O., Bot. Not. 133: 454. 1980. - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 227: 132. 1964; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 176: 329-331. 1949. - Axelson, E., South African explorers, London 1954, p. 72-87 (part from Voy. Cape Good Hope). - Berzelius, J.J., Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl. 2. 8: 393-399. 1820 (biogr.). - Blunt, W., The compleat naturalist 183, 190, 235. 1971. - Eriksson, G., Bot. hist. Sverige 243, 260, 262, 288, 292, 300. 1969. - Forbes, V.S., Pioneer travellers South Africa 46-58. 1965. - Fries, R.E., Short hist. bot. Sweden 33, 46, 48, *pl. I.* 1950. - Fries, Th.M., Linné 2: 69-71. 1903; Bref Skrifv. Linné 1(1): 107, 231-232. 1907, 1(2): 338, 354. 1908, 1(3): 254. 1909, 1(5): 209, 225. 1911, 1(6): 293. 1912. - Geary-Cooke, R., Veld & Flora, Kirstenbosch 66(4): 106-109. 1980. - Grut, M., S. Afr. Forestry J. 87: 27-29. 1973. - Gunn, M. & L.E. Codd, Bot. expl. S. Afr. 60, 330-331. 1981 (itin. S. Afr., portr.). - Hulth, J.M. & A.H. Uggla, Bref Skrifv. Linné 2(2): 200, 201, 288. 1943. - Jackson, B.D., Proc. Linn. Soc. 134 (suppl.): 20. 1922 (specimens in Linnaean herbarium marked "Sp."). - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 300, 464, 469, 472. 1864. - Jonseil, B., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 106: 1-19. 1982 (L. and his two circumnavigating apostles). - Karsten, M.C., J.S. Afr. Bot. 23(4): 43-63, 127-137. 1937 (letters to Thunberg); S. Afr. biogr. Woordenboek 1: 761-763. 1963. - Kukkonen, I., Herb. Christ. Steven 94. 1971 (specimen H). - Lindman, S., Sv. män kvinn. 7: 147. 1954 (biogr. portr.). - Löwegren, Y., Naturaliekabinett i Sverige 365-366, 406 \[index\]. 1952 (coll.). - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 54, 55. 1973. - Moore, D.M., Fl. Tierra del Fuego 9. 1983 (coll.). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr.-lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 968-969. 1863. - Scheutz, N.J.W., Bot. Not. 1863: 71 (epon.). - Selander, S., Linnélärjungar i främmande länder, Stockholm 1960, p. 71-89. - Sparrman, A., Tal, om den tilväxt och nytta, som vetenskaperne i allmänhet, särdeles natural-historien, Stockholm 1778, 35 p. (lecture on the need for further scientific research in the Pacific) (n.v., fide KR). - Swainson, W., Taxidermy 333-334. 1840. - Urness, C., A naturalist in Russia 12, 37, 47, 49, 102, 103, 107, 108. 1967. - Wallström, T., Svenska upptäckare 80-82, 95-105, 108-115, 120-121, 139. Höganäs 1983 (portr.)Wikström, J.E., Consp. litt. bot. suec. 239-240. 1831. - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(3): 53. 1905. #### Composite works - (1) See Linnaeus, C., *Iter in Chinam* 1768, TL-2/4836; sole author A. Sparrman fide KR p. 662, no. 1. - (2) Contributed to G. Forster, Decas pl. nov., Nova Acta Soc. Sci. Upsala 3: 178, 181-183, 184. 1780. #### Handwriting S. Savage, Cat. Linn. herb. 1945, fig. 11; J.S. Afr. Bot. 23(4): 127-137. 1957; see also J.S. Afr. Bot. 23: *pl. 36.* 1957. #### Eponymy *Sparmannia* Buchoz (1779, *nom. rej.*); *Sparmannia* \["Sparrmannia"\] Linnaeus f. (1782, *nom. cons.*). #### Postage stamps Sweden 1 kr. (1973) yv. 790. ### Publications ##### n.12.530. Resa till Goda Hopps-Udden **Title** *Resa till Goda Hopps-Udden*, södra pol-Kretsen och omkring jordklotet, samt till Hottentott- och Caffer-Landen, Åren 1772-1776... Stockholm (tryckt hos Anders J. Nordström \[2(1) hos Carl Delén; 2(2): hos Carl Deleen\]) 1783-1818, 2 vols. in 3. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Resa Goda Hopps-Udden*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1783-1818. *Copies*: H-UB, HU, LC, NSUB, Sv. Vet.-Akad. Stockholm (used for facsimile). *1*: 1783, p. \[i\]-xiv \[as "xv"\], \[1\]-766, *pl. 1-8*, \[*9*\], map. *2*(*1*): 1802, p. \[i-xii\], \[1\]-179, \[180\], map, sample cloth from Tahiti. *2*(*2*): 1818, p. \[i-ii\], \[1\]-234, \[235-238\], *tab. 1-12*, 4 unnumbered folded pl., sample of cloth from Tonga. *Facsimile ed*.: 1968, Krips Repro, Meppel, Netherlands, for Bokförlaget Rediviva, Stockholm. Preface by W. Odelberg. *Copies*: Almborn, H, NY. *English translation of vol. 1*: Sep 1785 (Gentleman's Mag.), 2 vols. *Copies*: HH, Oslo-UB, PH, U.S. Dept. Navy Libr.; IDC 5236. – *A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope*, towards the antarc- tic polar circle, and round the world: but chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776... London (printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson,...) 1785. (*Voy. Cape*). -Translated by G. Forster(?). *1*: 1785, p. \[i\]-xxviii, \[1\]-368, *pl. 1-2*, map. *2*: 1785, p. \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-350, \[351, err.\], \[352, binder\], *pl. 1-7.* *English ed. 2*: 1786, 2 vols. *Copies*: MO, NY; IDC 137. – *A voyage*... the second edition, corrected. London (printed for C.G.J. and J. Robinson,...) 1786. Qu. *1*: front., p. \[i\]-xxviii, \[1\]-368, *pl. 1-2.* *2*: \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-350, *pl. 1-7*, \[1\]. *Dublin ed*.: 1785 (printed for Messrs White, Cash and Byrne), xxxvi, 395 p., 2 pl., map and xii, 382 p., 8 pl. (n.v., fide Junk, Cat. 164, 1971, no. 415). *Cape Town ed*.: 1975, 2 vols., Van Riebeeck Society. *Facsimile ed*.: 1971, New York, London (Johnson Reprint Corporation). *Copy*: Univ. Illinois. *German translation of vol. 1*: 1784, p. \[i-xxx\], \[1\]-626, *pl. 1-14. Copies*: *HU, NSUB*. – *Andreas Sparrmanns* \[*sic*\],... *Reise nach dem Vorgebirge der guten Hoffnung*, den südlichen Polarländern und um die Welt, hauptsächlich aber in den Ländern der Hottentotten und Kaffern in den Jahren 1772 bis 1776. Aus dem schwedischen frey übersetzt von Christian Heinrich Groskurd,... Herausgegeben und mit einer Vorrede begleitet von Georg Forster... Berlin (bey Haude und Spener) 1784. Oct. *French translation of vol. 1*: 1787, 2 vols., *Voyage au Cap de Bonne Espérance*, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres... traduit par M. Le Tourneur... à Paris (chez Buisson,...) 1787, 2 vols. Qu. (*Voy. Cap Bonne Esp.*). *Copies*: G, H-UB, NY, PH. *1*: 1787, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xxi, \[xxii-xxiv, privil. 16 Apr 1787\], map, \[1\]-478, *pl. 1-6* (uncol. copp.). *2*: 1787, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-462, *pl. 1-9* (id.). *French translation, octavo ed*.: 1787, Paris (chez Buisson). Oct. 3 vols. 1: *Copy*: HH. *1*: \[i\]-xxxii, map, \[1\]-389, \[390, err.\], *pl. 1-2.* *2*: \[i, iii\], \[1\]-366, \[367, err.\], *pl. 1-7.* *3*: \[i, iii\], \[1\]-366, \[367, err.\], \[368-371, approb.\], *pl. 1-6.* *Dutch transl*.: 1787, 2 vols. – *Reize naar de Kaap de Goede Hoop*, de landen van den Zuidpool, en rondom de waereld; doch voornaamlijk in de landen der Hottentotten en Kafferen; in de jaaren 1772 tot 1776 gedaan door Andreas Sparman \[sic\],... met eene voorreede en aanteekeningen van den heer George Forster... Leyden (bij Sam. en Joh. Luchtmans,...) en te Amsterdam (bij M. de Bruijn) 1782, 2 vols. Oct. *Copy*: PH. *1*: p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-lvi, map, \[1\]-386, *pl. 1-7.* *2*: p. \[i\], \[387\]-796, \[1\]-63, \[64-65\], *pl. 8-14.*