HERAULD,
Andre, French scientist, born in Dijon in 1662; died in Versailles in 1724. The
Paris academy of sciences having invited Louis XIV. to send a mission to Mexico
in 1706, Huet proposed Herauld, who sailed from Brest on the frigate "La
Vaillante" in May, 1706, landing in Mexico in July. He immediately began
his explorations, and in two years collected 900 botanical and over 1,200
mineralogical specimens. Returning to France in 1709, his vessel was captured
by the English, who confiscated his collections and took him to Plymouth as a
prisoner. The Academy of Paris complained to the Royal institute of London, and
Herauld obtained the restitution of his collections in 1719. He devoted the
remainder of his life to arranging them, and left them by his will to the
Academy of sciences, which afterward gave them in part to the Jardin des plantes
and the Museum of natural history. Herauld published " Flote de la
Nouvelle Espagne" (6 vols., with illustrations and charts, Paris, 1722);
"Les plantes medicinales de la Nouvelle Espagne" (with illustrations,
1721); and "Plan de mineralogie du royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne"
(1723). (Listed by Schindler)
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