Siboga expedition

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Siboga expedition
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Zeilvis (Histiopterus orientalis of mal. ikan layer) 2.68 m. lang gevangen aan boord van het schip H.M. Siboga te Banda TMnr 10006545.jpg
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Expedition route of the Siboga 1899/1900 (coloured) and proposed route by Weber from 1898 (black) Karte Siboga-Expedition.jpg
Expedition route of the Siboga 1899/1900 (coloured) and proposed route by Weber from 1898 (black)
Survey during the Siboga expedition. (Photo from the collection of Tropenmuseum.) COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Opnemingen per stoomsloep tijdens de Siboga Expeditie TMnr 10014615.jpg
Survey during the Siboga expedition. (Photo from the collection of Tropenmuseum.)

The Siboga expedition was a Dutch zoological and hydrographic expedition to Indonesia from March 1899 to February 1900.

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The leader of the expedition was Max Carl Wilhelm Weber. Other members of the crew were his wife Anna Weber-van Bosse, the zoologist and first assistant Jan Versluys, the zoologist and second assistant Hugo Frederik Nierstrasz, the physician A. Schmidt, and the artist Jozef Willem Huysmans. Captain Gustaaf Frederik Tydeman was responsible for making hydrographic measurements.

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