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Agassiz, Louis, -- 1807-1873

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Jacques Burkhardt and the Thayer Collection Expedition to Brazil

Born around 1808, Jacques Burkhardt was a naturalist, an explorer, and the personal assistant to famed scientist Louis Agassiz. Burkhardt was a well-known scientific artist, and his turtle illustrations are considered some of the most elaborate ever created. These illustrations (and many others) were the product of a fifteen-month collecting expedition to Brazil led by Agassiz, and Burkhardt was...

https://library.mcz.harvard.edu/burkhardt