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Kalm

Swedish-Finnish botanist; traveled in North America.

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First appearance: natural history of massachusetts

Kalm shows up with force in II: Quebec and Montmorenci. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Swedish traveller and naturalist cited for his 1749 description of the continuous village along the St.
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