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London He spent the new year of 1879 - 1880 in Paris, probably staying with his cousin Jan Roothaan, who had settled there. In a letter to his uncle dated 31 December 1879, Schuver would undoubtedly have expressed his own expectations in the new year. Although the letter has not survived, it might well have contained his wish to become known as a scientific explorer, perhaps even as an archaeologist. This is more than mere speculation, in view of the fact that Schuver returned to London at the beginning of 1880, where he requested the Royal Geographical Society to permit him to follow a course in practical astronomy. [22] He made this request with an eye to a long trip he proposed to make through Asia Minor and Mesopotamia. In the three months he spent in England, Schuver followed the course, as he had planned, then purchased the necessary instruments and notebooks. | |
