Education
Van der Velde attended the Naval Academy in Medemblik and became Lieutenant-sea second class.
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Charles Velde
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From 1830-1841 he worked at the topographical office in modern-day Jakarta where he eventually became director In 1844 he had to return to Europe for health reasons, where he carried out cartographic, geographic and ethnographic work and was also employed as a draftsman, and missionary nurse In 1851 Van de Velde visited Palestine, where he carried out various surveys, drawings, paintings and around one hundred watercolours for postcards.
After his trip, he held lectures on Palestine in Geneva and Lausanne.
On 13 March 1864, van de Velde was one of the first delegates from the newly formed International Committee of the Red Cross to act as an impartial intermediary in the Second Schleswig War. He assisted the wounded and captured Prussian and Austrian soldiers and helped establish the Red Cross as a relief organization in the 1863 conference resolutions.
Map of the Holy Land / constructed by C.W.M. van de Velde.; engraved by Eberhardt and by Stichardt, 1858
Map of the Holy Land / constructed by C.W.M. Van de Velde.
2nd edition, 1865.
Achievements
Membership
On 31 July 1867, Van de Velde was made an honorary member of the main Committee of the Red Cross, which included Willem January Knoop and Henri Dunant.
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Netherlands