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Treub, curious to know whether a new vegetation was developing on Krakatao gathered information thereabout from sailors. He got different answers: according to some the thick layer of pumice was everywhere bare and sterile, but others affirmed having seen plants of some height here and there with the aid of telescopes. In order to get certainty on this point Treub availed himself of the opportunity offered by the renowned Krakatao-specialist Verbeek of visiting the island in the company of that savant and 8 other Europeans, none of them being a botanist. This first botanical exploration took place in June or July1) 1886, almost 3 years after the eruption.
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Backer, C.A. (1888). The Expedition of Treub in 1886. In: The Problem of Krakatao as Seen by a Botanist. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-3173-3_4
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