1636

Hendrik Adriaan Reede tot Drakenstein, van

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First name
Hendrik Adriaan
Last name
Reede tot Drakenstein, van
Date of Birth
1636
Date of Death
1691
Born in
Amsterdam
Died in
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Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein was a naturalist, military man, and colonial administrator of the East India Company. He served as a governor of Dutch Malabar and employed twenty-five people on his book Hortus Malabaricus, describing 740 plants in the region.

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Johannes Casearius

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