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'''Hendrik Claudius''' aka '''Heinrich Claudius''' (c1655 [[Breslau]] - after 1697 [[Holland]]) was a German painter and apothecary or physician, noted for his contributions to the ''Codex Witsenii''.
'''Hendrik Claudius''' aka '''Heinrich Claudius''' (c1655 [[Breslau]] - after 1697 [[Holland]]) was a German painter and apothecary or physician, noted for his contributions to the ''Codex Witsenii''.


Claudius arrived in the [[Cape Colony]] from [[Batavia]] in 1682 to paint plants of medicinal interest. He joined Ensign Olof Bergh's second expedition in 1683 to [[Namaqualand]] in a quest to locate the source of rich copper ore. It is thought that two years later he also joined [[Simon van der Stel]] who had the same goal, and that he was responsible for the illustrations in an account of the expedition.
Claudius arrived in the [[Cape Colony]] from [[Batavia]] in 1682 to paint plants of medicinal interest. He joined Ensign Olof Bergh's second expedition in 1683 to [[Namaqualand]] in a quest to locate the source of rich copper ore. It is thought that two years later he also joined [[Simon van der Stel]] who had the same goal, and that he was responsible for the illustrations in an account of the expedition. He is also regarded as one of the artists contributing to [[:de:Jakob Breyne|Jacob Breyne's]] ''Exoticarum aliarumque minus cognitarum plantarum centuria prima''.


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Hendrik Claudius aka Heinrich Claudius (c1655 Breslau - after 1697 Holland) was a German painter and apothecary or physician, noted for his contributions to the Codex Witsenii.

Claudius arrived in the Cape Colony from Batavia in 1682 to paint plants of medicinal interest. He joined Ensign Olof Bergh's second expedition in 1683 to Namaqualand in a quest to locate the source of rich copper ore. It is thought that two years later he also joined Simon van der Stel who had the same goal, and that he was responsible for the illustrations in an account of the expedition. He is also regarded as one of the artists contributing to Jacob Breyne's Exoticarum aliarumque minus cognitarum plantarum centuria prima.

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