Undertaken with a View to Natural History, in the Year 1732, at the
Expense of the Royal Academy (of Upsal); by CHARLES LINNÆUS, Student
of Physic and of Natural History, as drawn up by Himself to lay
before the said Academy.
The Royal Academy of Sciences having, last Spring, permitted my humble
memorial to be laid before them, respecting the project of a journey to
Lapland, with a view to the improvement of natural history, and having
honoured the same with their approbation, appointing me to undertake
the expedition. I feel it my duty, after having accomplished my journey,
most respectfully to present to the Academy a narrative thereof.
For the sake of brevity and clearness I shall divide my subject into
three parts.
1st, A journal of my tour.
2d, The expenses incurred.
3d, The advantages likely to accrue.