HISTORICAL 



CHAPTER I 



HISTORICAL SKETCH. 



The islands Aruba and Bonaire have rarely been visited by 

 botanists; from Curagao several collections exist. In the Dutch 

 botanical literature I did not see other publications except those 

 mentioned in this Chapter. 



I. Urban, Symbolae Antillanae, mentions that J. Ph. B. von Rohr 

 (about 1737—1793) collected in Curagao and that also i^. 5redeme2/er 

 (1758—1839), J. Read and H. F. A. Baron von JEggers (1893) 

 visited Curagao. 



For the collections of these persons I refer to Ch. II. 

 Later botanists who visited the colony Curaqao are: 

 Prof. Dr. W. F. R. Suringar 1884:— 1885. 

 Prof. Dr. F. A. F. G. Went 1901. 

 Miss A. Lens 1907. 

 Dr. I. Boldingh 1909—1910. 



Prof Dr. N. L. Britton and Dr. J. A. Shafer 1913, 

 while Aschenberg and W. Versluys made collections as inhabitants 

 of Curagao and Dr. P. J. van Breemen has been especially meri- 

 torious by accurately studying the marine phanerogamous plants. 

 Their work as well as the collections of the other persons men- 

 tioned are treated in Ch. II. 



About the results of these investigations and collections the 

 following may suffice. 



An account of Suringar's journey, published in the Kon. Ned. 

 Aardr. Gen. (Royal Dutch Geogr. Soc.) Series II, Part II and III 

 (1885 — 1886) contains an introduction; the publication has not 

 been continued beyond the first 50 pages and only a small part 

 of the flora has been described. 



Published in the Verslagen en Verhandelingen der Kon. Academie 

 van Wetenschappen te Amsterdam (Proc. Royal Acad. Amsterdam) 



