Thaddäus Haenke
Sudeten botanist, traveller, ethnographer, cartographer and doctor · Scientists · Lived 1761 to 1816 · aged 54
Thaddäus Xaverius Peregrinus Haenke was a Czech botanist and explorer. He participated in the Malaspina Expedition, exploring a significant portion of the Pacific basin including the coasts of North and South America, Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand, and the Marianas.
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Haenke by Vincenz Raimund Grüner
Memorial plaque of 1885 at his birthplace, in German, with plaque in Czech added in the 1960s
Map showing the route of Malaspina's ship Descubierta with the return to Spain from Tonga omitted. The route of Bustamante's Atrevida was mostly the same, but deviated in some places.
Victoria amazonica, first identified by Haenke in 1801About this person
His collections of botanical specimens were the basis for the initial scientific descriptions of many plants in these regions, particularly South America and the Philippines. His extensive botanical work and far-ranging travel have prompted some to liken him to a "Bohemian Humboldt", named after Alexander von Humboldt, who made himself familiar with some of Haenke's findings before embarking on his journey to the Americas in 1799.
