1. Stop in Hamburg en route to the Dutch Republic

    · Hamburg, Germany

    Stop in Hamburg en route to the Dutch Republic
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    Linnaeus and Claes Sohlberg stopped in Hamburg during their journey to the Dutch Republic; Linnaeus publicly identified the city's purported seven-headed hydra as a fake. The preceding text dates the departure for the Dutch Republic to April 1735.

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