ENGELBRECHT See also:

• ENGELBRECHT KAEMPFER (1651-1716)

KAEMPFER (1651-1716)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German traveller and physician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1651 at See also:

• LEMGO

Lemgo in See also:

• LIPPE

Lippe-Detmold, See also:

• WESTPHALIA (Ger. Westfalen)
• WESTPHALIA, TREATY OF

Westphalia, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was a pastor . He studied at See also:

• HAMELN

Hameln, See also:

• LUNEBURG

Luneburg, See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg, See also:

• LUBECK

Lubeck and See also:

• DANZIG, or DANTSIC (Polish Gdansk)

Danzig, and after graduating Ph.D. at See also:

• CRACOW (Pol. Krakov; Ger. Krakau)

Cracow, spent four years at See also:

• KONIGSBERG (Polish Krolewiec)

Konigsberg in See also:

• PRUSSIA
• PRUSSIA (Ger. Preussen; Lat. Borussia)

Prussia, studying See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and natural See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . In 1681 he visited See also:

• UPSALA, or UPPSALA

Upsala in See also:

• SWEDEN
• SWEDEN [Sverige]
• SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

Sweden, where he was offered inducements to See also:

• SETTLE
• SETTLE, ELKANAH (1648–1724)

settle; but his See also:

• DESIRE

desire for See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign travel led him to become secretary to the See also:

• EMBASSY

embassy which See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles XI. sent through See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia to See also:

• PERSIA

Persia in 1683 . He reached Persia by way of See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow, Kazan and See also:

• ASTRAKHAN

Astrakhan, landing at Nizabad in See also:

• DAGHESTAN

Daghestan after a voyage in the See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian; from See also:

• SHEMAKHA

Shemakha in See also:

• SHIRVAN

Shirvan he made an expedition to the See also:

• BAKU

Baku See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula, being perhaps the first See also:

• MODERN

modern scientist to visit these See also:

• FIELDS, JAMES THOMAS (1817-1881)

fields of " eternal See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire." In 1684 he arrived in See also:

• ISFAHAN (older form Ispahan)

Isfahan, then the See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . When after a stay of more than a See also:

• YEAR

year the See also:

• SWEDISH

Swedish embassy prepared to return, See also:

• KAEMPFER, ENGELBRECHT (1651-1716)

Kaempfer joined the See also:

• FLEET

fleet of the Dutch See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company in the Persian Gulf as See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief surgeon, and in spite of See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever caught at Bander Abbasi he found opportunity to see something of See also:

• ARABIA

Arabia and of many of the western See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-lands of India . In See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1689 he reached See also:

• BATAVIA

Batavia; spent the following See also:

• WINTER, JOHN STRANGE
• WINTER, PETER (c. 1755-1825)

winter in studying Javanese natural See also:

• HISTORY

history; and in May 1690 set out for See also:

• JAPAN

Japan as physician to the embassy sent yearly to that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country by the Dutch . The See also:

• SHIP

ship in which he sailed touched at See also:

• SIAM (known to its inhabitants as Muang Thai)

Siam, whose capital he visited; and in September 1690 he arrived at See also:

• NAGASAKI

Nagasaki, the only See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

• PORT

port then open to foreigners . Kaempfer stayed two years in Japan, during which he twice visited See also:

• TOKYO (or TOKIO, formerly called Yedo)

Tokyo . His adroitness, insinuating See also:

• MANNERS, CHARLES (1857– )

manners and medical skill overcame the habitual See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy and reticence of the natives, and enabled him to elicit much valuable See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information . In November 1692 he See also:

• LEFT

left Japan for See also:

• JAVA

Java and See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1693 he landed at See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam . Receiving the degree of M.D. at See also:

• LEIDEN

Leiden, he settled down in his native See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, becoming also physician to the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of Lippe . He died at Lemgo on the 2nd of November 1716 .

The only See also:

• WORK

work Kaempfer lived to publish was Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V . (Lemgo, 1712), a selection from his papers giving results of his invaluable observations in See also:

• GEORGIA

Georgia, Persia and Japan . At his See also:

• DEATH

death the unpublished See also:

• MANUSCRIPTS

manuscripts were See also:

• PURCHASED

purchased by See also:

• SIR

Sir Hans See also:

• SLOANE, SIR HANS (1660-1753)

Sloane, and conveyed to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England . Among them was a History of Japan, translated from the See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript into See also:

• ENGLISH

English by J . G . See also:

• SCHEUCHZER, JOHANN JAKOB (1672-1733)

Scheuchzer and published at See also:

• LONDON

London, in 2 vols., in 1727 . The See also:

• ORIGINAL

original German has never been published, the extant German version being taken from the English . Besides Japanese history, this See also:

• BOOK

book contains a description of the See also:

• POLITICAL

political, social and See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of the country in the 17th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . For upwards of a See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years it remained the chief source of information for the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general reader, and is still not wholly obsolete . A See also:

• LIFE

life of the author is prefixed to the History .