48 IIISTOKY OF BOTANY. 



Clusius or Charles cVEcluse was a Dutch botanist who 

 was born at Arras, 1526, and died at Leyden, 1609. He 

 travelled over various parts of Europe, and was for some 

 time director of the Botanical Garden of Vienna. In 1593 

 he was professor of Botany at Leyden, and he was the author 

 of several works. His 'History of Pvare Plants' appeared 

 in 1601. 



Yoiage to find out the North-East passage to China & the Molucco's, 

 about the 80 degree and eleuen minutes of Northerly latitude, found 

 two little Islands, in one of which they found aboundanee of these geese 

 sitting vpon their e^gf^, of which they got one Goose, and tooke away 

 sixt}'' eggs &c." . 



