Friderich Martens
1635
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1699
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Rijksstad Hamburg
languages spoken, written or signed: German
occupation: explorer, writer, surgeon, traveler, naturalist, physician, polar explorer, biologist, ornithologist
Friderich Martens (1635–1699) was a German physician and naturalist who conducted the first scientific observations of the nature, animal life and climate of Svalbard. He published his notes in the book "Spitzbergische oder Groenlandische Reise-Beschreibung, gethan im Jahre 1671" and this book became a reference work for many decades. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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