The Journey of Anders Sparrman by Per Wastberg
Anders Sparrman, b.1748, the son of a country rector in Uppsala, studies medicine and becomes an apostle of the botanist Carl Linnaeus. He sails as a ship's doctor to China. In 1772 becomes tutor to the children of the Swedish Resident in Cape Town, from there joins Cook's second voyage to Antarctica and Tahiti as assistant to the German botanists Johann and Georg Forster. He travels to the African interior with his guide, Daniel Immelman and later writes "A voyage to the Cape of Good Hope", towards the Antarctic polar circle, and round the world: But chiefly into the country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772 to 1776. In Stockolm, he is appointed keeper of natural historical collections but quarrels with his colleagues. He then travels to Senegal, witnesses the cruelty of slavery. Anders testifies for abolitionists in London. In Stockholm he is dismissed from his post at the Academy and works as a doctor among the poor. He falls in love with his housemaid, Lotta Fries. They have a daughter. Sparrman died in 1820.
Per Wastberg was born in Stockholm in 1933. He founded Swedish Amnesty International in 1963 and was heavily involved in anti-Apartheid struggle; banned from entry into Rhodesia until 1980 and South Africa until 1990. He was editor-in-chief of Sweden's largest daily newspaper, Dagens Nyheter 1976-1982 where he is still a critic and columnist. Chair of International PEN 1979-86. He has written fifty novels, poetry and non-fiction books. He has been a member of the Nobel Committee since 1998.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847081308 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847081304 |
| Title | The Journey of Anders Sparrman |
| Author | Per Wastberg |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Granta Books |
| Year published | 2010-04-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
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