231:(1887-1955), a Swiss botanist. A memorial stone was erected at his graveside by members of the expedition. G. Stahel wrote a book later about the expedition, "De expeditie naar het Wilhelmina-Gebergte (Suriname) in 1926". The grave was revisited in 2000 by descendant Herry Eilerts de Haan, in the company of, among others Michel Sinatra and Nico Pronk. This expedition was made into a documentary by National Geographic Channel called "Jungle Grave".
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Officer 2nd class, to collect zoological and botanical material. On August 18, one of the workers died. On August 21 Eilerts de Haan became ill. Five days later he lost consciousness and on August 29 he died at the age of 44 with probable cause of death as malaria, after which he was buried. The rest of the expedition took more than eight months under the leadership of Commander, 1st Class of
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Eilerts de Haan as leader. The aim was to sail from the Suriname River to the Lucie River in the hope of reaching the Corentyne to via the river to return to the Atlantic coast to the data collected during the expedition white spots on the map of Suriname in to fill. It was the duty
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during which he was (1889), Commander 2nd class. In 1895 he again went for three years to the East Indies. From 1900 he was second in command for two years in the Marine
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