Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650) / edited by Margret Schuchard.
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 ba...
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| Superior document: | Brill's studies in intellectual history, v. 159 |
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| 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. |
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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.