Siboga Expedition

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Survey during the Siboga expedition. (Photo from the collection of Tropenmuseum.

The Siboga Expedition was a scientific Dutch zoological and hydrographical expedition to Indonesia from March 1899 to February 1900.

The leader of the expedition was Max Carl Wilhelm Weber. Other members of the crew were his wife and algologist Anna Weber-van Bosse, the zoologist and first assistant Jan Versluys, the zoologist and second assistant Hugo Nierstrasz, the physician A. Schmidt, the drawer J. W. Huysmans. The captain Gustaaf Tydeman took care of the hydrographical measurements

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References

    Further reading

    • (November 1900) "The Dutch "Siboga" Expedition to the Malay Archipelago". The Geographical Journal 16(5): 549-552. JSTOR
    • (November 1904) "Review: Research in the Malay Archipelago. Reviewed work(s): Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-IndiĆ« 1899-1900 aan boord H. M. S. Siboga". The Geographical Journal 24(5): 578-580. JSTOR

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