Pehr Löfling (31 January 1729 – 22 February 1756) was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
José Solano set up his exploration base in that place, in the margins of the Rio Negro, and there he settled with the few men that had survived the ascent along the Orinoco River, since most, including the famous Swedish botanist Pehr Löfling that accompanied the expedition, they had succumbed prey of the tropical diseases, especially the yellow fever.
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud | Pehr Victor Edman | Pehr Löfling | Pehr G. Gyllenhammar | A painting of a kitchen interior from the second half of the 18th century. ''En piga öser soppa ur en kittel'' ("A maid pours soup out of a cauldron"); oil on canvas by Pehr Hilleström |