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Crevaux, Jules Nicolas (1847-1882)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Jules Nicolas
Last name
Crevaux
Initials
J.N.
Life Dates
1847 - 1882
Collecting Dates
1871 - 1877
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K, P
Countries
Temperate South America: ArgentinaTropical South America: French Guiana
Biography
French naval doctor and explorer. Born at Lorquin, Moselle, Jules Crevaux undertook his first expedition to the interior of French Guiana in 1877, becoming the first European to explore the Tumuc Humac Mountains on the disputed border with Suriname. The following year, he explored the Oyapock basin and several tributaries of the Amazon.
His last, and longest, expedition began in 1880. Reaching the Guaviare River in Colombia on 20 October, he pursued a southward route and on 15 January 1882 discovered the remains of an Incan city near Salta in northwestern Argentina. It was during the course of this expedition that he and the entire party under his command were killed by the Toba people.
A peak in Suriname bears his name. His explorations are recounted in a number of his writings: Voyage en Guyane (1877), Voyage d'exploration dans l'intérieur des Guyanes (1876-1877), Voyage d'exploration du Guyane (1879), and Voyages dans l'Amérique du Sud (1878-1881). He also produced an atlas of maps of the rivers he travelled, which was published posthumously in 1883.
His last, and longest, expedition began in 1880. Reaching the Guaviare River in Colombia on 20 October, he pursued a southward route and on 15 January 1882 discovered the remains of an Incan city near Salta in northwestern Argentina. It was during the course of this expedition that he and the entire party under his command were killed by the Toba people.
A peak in Suriname bears his name. His explorations are recounted in a number of his writings: Voyage en Guyane (1877), Voyage d'exploration dans l'intérieur des Guyanes (1876-1877), Voyage d'exploration du Guyane (1879), and Voyages dans l'Amérique du Sud (1878-1881). He also produced an atlas of maps of the rivers he travelled, which was published posthumously in 1883.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 144;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Jules Nicolas
Last name
Crevaux
Initials
J.N.
Life Dates
1847 - 1882
Collecting Dates
1871 - 1877
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
K, P
Countries
Temperate South America: ArgentinaTropical South America: French Guiana
Biography
French naval doctor and explorer. Born at Lorquin, Moselle, Jules Crevaux undertook his first expedition to the interior of French Guiana in 1877, becoming the first European to explore the Tumuc Humac Mountains on the disputed border with Suriname. The following year, he explored the Oyapock basin and several tributaries of the Amazon.
His last, and longest, expedition began in 1880. Reaching the Guaviare River in Colombia on 20 October, he pursued a southward route and on 15 January 1882 discovered the remains of an Incan city near Salta in northwestern Argentina. It was during the course of this expedition that he and the entire party under his command were killed by the Toba people.
A peak in Suriname bears his name. His explorations are recounted in a number of his writings: Voyage en Guyane (1877), Voyage d'exploration dans l'intérieur des Guyanes (1876-1877), Voyage d'exploration du Guyane (1879), and Voyages dans l'Amérique du Sud (1878-1881). He also produced an atlas of maps of the rivers he travelled, which was published posthumously in 1883.
His last, and longest, expedition began in 1880. Reaching the Guaviare River in Colombia on 20 October, he pursued a southward route and on 15 January 1882 discovered the remains of an Incan city near Salta in northwestern Argentina. It was during the course of this expedition that he and the entire party under his command were killed by the Toba people.
A peak in Suriname bears his name. His explorations are recounted in a number of his writings: Voyage en Guyane (1877), Voyage d'exploration dans l'intérieur des Guyanes (1876-1877), Voyage d'exploration du Guyane (1879), and Voyages dans l'Amérique du Sud (1878-1881). He also produced an atlas of maps of the rivers he travelled, which was published posthumously in 1883.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 144;
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