During his extensive travels, Jacques Huber not only maintained field notebooks but also actively corresponded with his family, particularly his wife, Sophie Huber-Müller, and professional colleagues, such as Emil Goeldi, the director of the Museu Paraense.
These documents serve as invaluable records of Huber's daily
experiences and the challenges he encountered during his expeditions. Moreover,
they constitute significant resources for the study of construction of botanical
knowledge in the field, shedding light on the diverse actors involved in this
process - such as indigenous peoples.
As part of the "Visual Cartography of Jacques Huber's
Botanical Collections" project, we have transcribed and translated
excerpts from these letters and notebooks. These insights have been integrated
into the expeditions maps under a new layer named "Notes."
You can access these maps in the Expeditions section.
Navigate through the layers to view specific information or overlay them to have
a contextualized perspective of Huber's journeys.
