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Hendrik van Rheede

1636–1691 · 17th century · Also known as Hendrik Adriaan van Rheede tot Drakenstein

Hendrik van Rheede tot Drakenstein was a Dutch East India Company official and naturalist who served as commander of Malabar from 1670 to 1677. He sponsored and directed the Hortus Malabaricus, a twelve-volume study of the plants of the Malabar coast published in Amsterdam from 1678 to 1693, compiled with Indian physicians and scholars. He died at sea as the company's commissioner-general.

Hendrik van Rheede
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Dutch Malabar

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Hendrik van Rheede. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/hendrik-van-rheede
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