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Robert Jacob Gordon

Robert Jacob Gordon (29 September 1743, in Doesburg, Gelderland – 25 October 1795, in Cape Town) was a Dutch explorer, soldier, artist, naturalist and linguist of Scottish descent.

For other people named Robert Gordon, see Robert Gordon.

Robert Jacob Gordon

29 September 1743

Doesburg, Gelderland

25 October 1795 (1795-10-26) (aged 52)

Cape Town, Cape Colony

Dutch

Explorer, Soldier, Artist, Naturalist, Linguist

Botanical Exploration of Southern Africa – Mary Gunn & L.E. Codd (AA Balkema, Cape Town, 1981)

[Dutch] Een Nederlander in de Wildernis: De Ontdekkingsreizen van Robert Jacob Gordon (1743-1795) in Zuid-Afrika – Luc Panhuysen (Rijksmuseum Nieuw Amsterdam Uitgevers, Amsterdam, 2010)

Robert Jacob Gordon 1743-1795: The Man and His Travels at the Cape – (Winchester Struik, Cape Town, 1992)

Patrick Cullinan

Robert Jacob Gordon – Patrick Cullinan

Robert Jacob Gordon: Diaries, letters and drawings