BERTHOLD SEEMANN
\bˈɜːthə͡ʊld sˈiːman], \bˈɜːthəʊld sˈiːman], \b_ˈɜː_t_h_əʊ_l_d s_ˈiː_m_a_n]\
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A German traveler, naturalist, and author; born in Hanover, Feb. 28, 1825; died in Nicaragua, Oct. 10, 1871. He was naturalist to three exploring expeditions (1846-51), and wrote: "Voyage of the Herald", and "Three Cruises to Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin" (1852); "Popular History of Palms" (1855); "Account of Mission to Fiji Islands" (1862); "Popular Nomenclature of the American Flora"; and "Dottings on the Roadside in Panama, Nicaragua, and Mosquito".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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