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John Kirckwood ( - fl. c. 1699)

Ship's surgeon Relevant locations: Visited Wilberforce
Visited Canary Islands, Spain
Visited Veracruz, Mexico
 Relationships: John Kirckwood was a friend of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)

 References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 155. Bromos è Cabenda, polyspermos utriculatus. Gathered at Cabenda by my kind Friend Mr. Kirckwood, Surgeon.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) * 167. Clinopodium è Cabenda Parietariæ folio. Mr. Kirckwood, Surgeon, gathered this at Cabenda near Angola.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 515. Papilio Mexicanus nigrescens, lineâ lutescente, areâ notabili miniaceâ. My hearty Friend Mr. John Kirckwood Surgeon, caught this elegant Butterfly at La vera Cruce in the Bay of Mexico.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 530. Papilio Mexicanus alis superioribus nigrescens, inferioribus Aurantiacus, maculis ochroleucis & albis. My hearty Friend Mr. John Kirckwood Surgeon, brought me this from the same place with No. 515.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 2. Papilio MEXICANUS nigrescens, lineâ lutescente areâ miniaceâ notabili Mus. nost. 515. Caught at La Vera Cruce by Mr. John Kirckwood Surgeon.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 5. Unicornu WIDENSE nodosum & verrucosum. an Buccinum fuscum, nodosis striis distinctum List. H. C. L. 2. Tab. 122. Fig. 18. Observed at WIDA on the Coast of Guinnea, by Mr. Wat Surgeon, and given me by Mr. Skeen. Mr. John Kirckwood hath also found it at Old Calabar.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 9. Papilio ANGOLENSIS, margine pulchrè oculata: Mr. John Kirckwood Surgeon was the first who discovered this elegant Fly at Angola.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 5. Papilio Angolensis ex pullo alboque mixtus. Brought from Angola by Mr. John Kirckwood Surgeon.
Petiver, Gazophylacii Naturæ (1702-1706) 10. Papilio albus Angolensis apicibus miniaceis. Mr. John Kirckwood first brought me this from Angola, it hath since been caught at Wida, by Mr. Watt and Mr. Skeen Surgeons.