Sebastian Albert von Sack (1757-1829)
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- Name (English)
- Sebastian Albert von Sack
- Short name
- Albert von Sack
- Year of birth
- 1757
- Year of death
- 1829
- Short Description
- "Sebastian Albert Freiherr von Sack (1757 – August 1829) was a German explorer and a chamberlain of Prussian nobility. In June 1821 he was honored with the title of Graf (count).
He was born in Eichholz, Liegnitz, Silesia. In 1805 he travelled to Surinam, where he made observations of the fauna, flora and local customs of the population. On his return journey back to Europe, he visited Washington DC, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, et al. As a result of his travels he published Beschreibung einer Reise nach Surinam und des Aufenthaltes daselbst in den Jahren 1805, 1806, 1807 sowie von Rückkehr des Verfassers nach Europa über Nord-Amerika. In 1810 this treatise was translated into English as "A narrative of a voyage to Surinam; of a residence there during 1805-1807; and of the authors return to Europe by the way of North America"." - (en.wikipedia.org 22.10.2020) - Entity Encoding
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