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tuberosus. He explored the central provinces and was 
the first to introduce Fragaria chiloensis to Europe. His 
work, ** Relation du Voyage de la Mer du Sud aux cétes du Chily 
et du Perou,’’ was published in 1716-1717, and an English trans- 
lation appeared in 1717. Jorje Juan and Antonio de Ulloa 
(1744) during their travels investigated certain indigenous and 
economic plants of Chile, and facts of botanical interest will be 
found in their works, of which the ‘‘ Relacion historica del 
viage & la America meridional ’’ (Madrid, 1748) has been trans- 
Olivares also noted many of the natural products of the country. 
The French botanist Philibert Commerson, who accompanied 
Bougainville’s Expedition (17 67-1768) as surgeon and naturalist, 
brought back from the areas around the Magellan Straits an 
In 1777 H. Ruiz and J. Pavon were authorised by the Spanish 
Government and King (Charles III.) to conduct natural history 
research in Peru and Chile in connection with J. Dombey a 
French docter and botanist. After collecting in Peru they 
extended their researches to Chile traversing the territories of 
Concepcion, Itata, Rere, and Arauco, the provinces of Puchacay, 
gs. Os 
wreck of the ship “‘ le San-Pedro d’ Alcantara ”’ off Portugal in 
February, 1786, except Dombey’s collections (including many 
duplicates of Ruiz and Pavon), which reached Europe safely and 
are at Paris (Herb. Mus d’ Hist. Nat.) ete. See Ruiz & Pavon, 
Prod. de la fl. Per. et Chil. ( 1794), and Flora Per. Chil. (1798- 
1802}. Their later explorations relate to Peru only. 
A. Menzies was surgeon and naturalist to Vancouver, 1790- 
1795, and observed the flora and collected plants in Chile ete. 
His collections are at the British Museum and Kew. He intro- 
uced Araucaria imbricata into cultivation in Europe in 1796. 
T. Haenke also explored parts of Chile, but his work is of secon- 
dary importance. — See Pres!, Reliquiae Haenkeanae, Prague, 
1830. Several Chilean Jesuits (Molina, Gomez de Vidaurre, 
etc.) wrote accounts of Chile containing information concerning 
the vegetation. The Abbe Don J. Ignatius Molina (1740-1829) 
was a native of Chile. His original work on this country was 
