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Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650) /

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Bernhard Varenius' books influenced the history of science in such a way that Isaac Newton, Alexander von Humboldt and Tsar Peter the Great all referred to him. Varenius wrote the first comprehensive description of Japan (""Descriptio regni Japoniae, "" 1649) from a European...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schuchard, Margret
Format: eBook
Language:English
German
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Series:Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 159.
Subjects:
Varenius, Bernhardus, > 1622-1650.
1600-1699
Geschichte
Geographers > Germany > Biography.
Geography > History > 17th century.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Available via EBSCO eBook Collection
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Table of Contents:
  • Prefatory Note / Vorbemerkung; Chronological Table
  • The Life of Bernhard Varenius; Bernhard Varenius
  • Family Background; Bernhard Varenius
  • Stemma of Editions; List of Illustrations; Introduction; I VARENIUS' FORMATIVE YEARS IN THE CONTEXT OF HIS TIME / VARENIUS IM BILDUNGSHORIZONT SEINER ZEIT; II VARENIUS AS A TRANSMITTING AGENT OF KNOWLEDGE
  • JAPAN / VARENIUS ALS WISSENSVERMITTLER EINER FREMDEN WELT
  • JAPAN; III GEOGRAPHIA GENERALIS AND ITS LEGACY / DIE GEOGRAPHIA GENERALIS UND IHRE NACHWIRKUNGEN; Appendix: Extracts from Geographia Generalis (1650) Translation by Ernst-Christian Volkmann.