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Having heard of Thunberg's inquisitive mind, his skills in botany and medicine and Linnaeus' high esteem of his Swedish pupil, Johannes Burman and [[Laurens Theodorus Gronovius]], a councillor of Leiden, convinced Thunberg to travel to either the West or the East Indies to collect plants and animal specimen for the botanic garden at Leiden which was still lacking exotic exhibits. Thunberg who had ever since been fascinated by the secretive and mainly unknown East Indies was eager to travel to the Cape of Good Hope and apply his knowledge.<ref>Thunberg, C. P. (1791). ''Resa uti Europa, Africa, Asia, förrättad åren 1770–1779. Tredje Band''. Published by J. Edman, Uppsala, Sweden, p. 22</ref>
With the help of Burman and Gronovius, Thunberg entered the [[Dutch East India Company]] ([[Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie]], V.O.C.) as a surgeon on board of the ''Schoonzicht''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://proxy.handle.net/10648/b2778d08-b00c-e19d-2213-dd562c52ee30 |title=Carel Pieter Thunbergh |website= Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) Archiefinventarissen |publisher=Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)|
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He published his ''Flora japonica'' in 1784, and in 1788 he began to publish his travels. He completed his ''Prodromus plantarum'' in 1800, his ''Icones plantarum japonicarum'' in 1805, and his ''Flora capensis'' in 1813. He published numerous memoirs in the transactions of many Swedish and other scientific societies, of sixty-six of which he was an honorary member.
He was elected a member of the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 1791.<ref>{{Cite web
In 1809 he became correspondent, and in 1823 associated member of the [[Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences|Royal Institute of the Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dwc.knaw.nl/biografie/pmknaw/?pagetype=authorDetail&aId=PE00003330 |title=Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1828) |publisher=Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
He died at Thunaberg near [[Uppsala]] on 8 August 1828.
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