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Walter Keir ( - fl. c. 1700)

Ship surgeon for the New Company aboard the Nassau under Captain Marmaduke Rawdon (not the same Marmaduke Rawdon bap. 1610, d. 1669, but perhaps of the same family) setting sail 12 October 1697 toward Batavia (Jarvis, 140). Relevant locations: Visited Strait of Malacca, Indonesia
Visited Strait of Malacca, Malaysia
Visited China, Asia
Visited Batavia, Java
 Relationships: Walter Keir was a employed by English Company Trading to the East Indies (1697-)
Walter Keir was a associate or acquaintance (general) of James Petiver (c. 1665-Apr 1718)

 Linked print sources: as Mentions or references - The Collecting Activities of James Cuninghame FRS on the Voyage of Tuscan to China (Amoy) Between 1697 and 1699.
 References in Documents:
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 15. Mr. WALTER KEIR. To this ingenious Surgeon I am obliged for some Plants, &c. he sent me from Jehore, in the Streights of Malacca, and I am in expectation of greater Performances from him.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 535. Muscus Lycopoides denticulatus scandens, in extremitatibus ramulorum polyspermus, ex Jehore. From whence Mr. Walter Keir sent me it.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 757. Capillaris Chinensis pinnulis rotundioribus. Mr. Keir and Mr Barckley Surgeons, brought me lately this Fern from China, with several other very curious plants.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) 768. Filix scandens Malaccensis mirè ludens. My kind Friend Mr. Walter Keir Surgeon gathered this elegant Fern in the Straits of Malacca.
Petiver, Musei Petiveriani (1695-1703) Mr. Keir and Mr. Barklay Surgeons presented me with some Plants they collected in China.