Carl Linnaeus, The Lapland Journey, translated by Peter Graves (Edinburgh: Lockharton Press, 1995), p. 27.

Uppland, 12/05/1732, ¶19:

12th. Thus I departed from the town of Uppsala on the 12th May 1732, which was a Friday, at 11 o’clock a.m., when I was 25 years old all but half a day. Now all the earth was beginning to rejoice and smile, now beautiful flora was coming to sleep with Phoebus:

  1. Uppsala departure