Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650) / edited by Margret Schuchard.

• Superior document: Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 159
• TeilnehmendeR: Schuchard, Margret.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 159.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (375 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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 perspective, exclusively based on a diversity of sources. But the impact of his Geographia generalis (1650) explains his ranking among the founding fathers of geography as a science. He called ‘general’ geography a branch of (applied) mathematics which does not deal with regional specifics. The contributions in this book focus on his multi-faceted work, the influence of his books and the tragically short life of this young polymath from Germany who benefited from the intellectually stimulating milieu of Leiden and Amsterdam. Contributors include: Horst Walter Blanke, Reinhard Düchting, Klaus Lehmann, Robert Mayhew, Sandra Rebok, Folker Reichert, Frank Richter, Margret Schuchard, Denis J.B. Shaw, Ulrich Staffhorst, Johann Anselm Steiger, Rienk H. Vermij, and Ernst-Christian Volkmann.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Materials / M. Schuchard -- Introduction / M. Schuchard -- Varenius And His Family: A Dynasty Dedicated To Scholarship And Rooted In Christian Philosophy / Margret Schuchard -- Heinrich Varenius’ Rettung Von Johann Arndts Wahrem Christentum / Johann Anselm Steiger -- Der Bildungsweg Des Jungen Bernhard Varenius / Klaus Lehmann -- The Road To Authorship And Publications: Projects, Patronage And The Elzeviers / Margret Schuchard -- Varenius And The World Of Learning In The Dutch Republic / Rienk Vermij -- Reise- Und Entdeckungsgeschichtliche Grundlagen Der Descriptio Regni Iaponiae / Folker Reichert -- Die Descriptio Regni Japoniae In Der Literarischen Tradition Der Europäischen ‘Descriptiones’ / Reinhard Düchting -- Die Aneignung Und Strukturierung Von Wissen In Der Polyhistorie. Ein Fallbeispiel: Bernhard Varenius / Horst Walter Blanke -- Varenius—Ein Geograph Zwischen Allen Stühlen? By Frank Richter † / M. Schuchard -- Miszellen Zur Geographia Generalis Des Bernhard Varenius / Ulrich Staffhorst -- Notes On Geographia Generalis And Its Introduction To England And North America / Margret Schuchard -- From Hackwork To Classic: The English Editing Of The Geographia Generalis / Robert J. Mayhew -- The Influence Of Bernhard Varenius In The Geographical Works Of Thomas Jefferson And Alexander Von Humboldt / Sandra Rebok -- Bernhard Varenius’ Geographia Generalis And The Rise Of Modern Geographical Studies In Russia / Denis J.B. Shaw -- Appendix: Extracts From Geographia Generalis (1650) Translation / Ernst-Christian Volkmann -- Bibliography / M. Schuchard -- List Of Contributors / M. Schuchard -- Index Of Names / M. Schuchard.