»Der Ost-Indischen und angrenzenden Königreiche vornehmste Seltenheiten betreffende kurze Erläuterung«

Neue Funde zum Leben und Werk des Leipziger Chirurgen und Handelsmanns Caspar Schamberger (1623-1706)

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»Der Ost-Indischen und angrenzenden Königreiche vornehmste Seltenheiten betreffende kurze Erläuterung«

Neue Funde zum Leben und Werk des Leipziger Chirurgen und Handelsmanns Caspar Schamberger (1623-1706)

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This book presents a newly discovered text of which only one copy has survived in the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Münzkabinett). It was dedicated to the Duke of Saxony Johann Georg III. and published in 1686 as a private print under the title “Short explanation of the most prominent rarities in East India and the neighbouring kingdoms”. The author Caspar Schamberger (1623-1706) who had been in Asia for twelve years working as a surgeon on VOC ships and at Dutch trading posts is known as the "father" of the first fully-fledged Western-style surgery school in Japan. His text describes fruits, plants, animals, ethnic groups, coins etc. from Persia to Japan including the Khoikhoi (Khoisan) in Southern Africa.
This is one of the earliest Western accounts on these matters based on observations made during the late 1640s and 1650s. The extensive commentary (126 pages) gives an outline of Schamberger’s life and presents numerous new information on Schamberger’s activities after his return to Leipzig in 1658. His descriptions are analysed in detail and compared with similar accounts of nine contemporary German travellers: Caspar Schmalkalden, Zacharias Wagener, Heinrich Muche, Johann Wilhelm Vogel, Elias Hesse, Albrecht Herport, George Meister, Andreas Cleyer, Engelbert Kaempfer. Forty-six illustrations selected from Western and Japanese sources provide the iconographic background.

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Publisher
Hana Shoin
Language
German
Pages
234

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Table of Contents

Einleitung. 1
Abriss eines abenteuerlichen Lebens. 5
Zurück aus Ostindien – Schamberger in Leipzig. 16
Zum Druck der Schambergerschen »Erläuterung«. 28
Struktur und Besonderheiten der drei »Schildereyen«. 32
Frühe Ostindien-Fahrer und ihre Bildmaterialien. 34
Caspar Schmalkalden. 35
Zacharias Wagener. 37
Heinrich Muche. 40
Johann Wilhelm Vogel. 53
Elias Hesse. 55
Albrecht Herport. 57
George Meister. 61
Andreas Cleyer. 69
Engelbert Kaempfer. 78
Zum Inhalt der Schambergerschen »Erläuterung«. 86
Handel und Wandel der Niederländer in Ostindien. 86
Früchte, Wurzeln, Nüsse. 87
Tiere. 107
Münzen. 111
Ethnische Abbildungen. 116
Sprache und Schrift. 123
Rückblick. 125
Text: Dreier in Untertänigkeit offerierten Schildereien kurze Erläuterung. 127
Quellen und Literatur. 169
Handschriftliche Quellen. 169
Gedruckte Quellen (16.-18. Jh.). 172
Sekundärliteratur. 190
Allgemeine Nachschlagewerke. 204
Register. 222

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Fukuoka, Japan

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
ii, 234
Number of pages
234

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OL24230226M
ISBN 13
9784903554716
OCLC/WorldCat
636399696

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This book presents a newly discovered text of which only one copy has survived in the Dresden State Art Collections (Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Münzkabinett). It was dedicated to the Duke of Saxony Johann Georg III. and published in 1686 as a private print under the title “Short explanation of the most prominent rarities in East India and the neighbouring kingdoms”. The author Caspar Schamberger (1623-1706) who had been in Asia for twelve years working as a surgeon on VOC ships and in Dutch trading posts is known as the "father" of the first fully-fledged Western-style surgery school in Japan. His text describes fruits, plants, animals, people, coins etc. from Persia to Japan including the Khoikhoi (Khoisan) in Southern Africa. This is one of the earliest Western accounts of these matters based on observations made during the late 1640s and 1650s. The extensive commentary (126 pages) gives an outline of Schamberger’s life presenting numerous new information on Schamberger’s activities after his return to Leipzig in 1658. Schamberger’s descriptions are analysed in detail within the context of similar accounts of nine contemporary German travellers: Caspar Schmalkalden, Zacharias Wagener, Heinrich Muche, Johann Wilhelm Vogel, Elias Hesse, Albrecht Herport, George Meister, Andreas Cleyer, Engelbert Kaempfer. Forty-six illustrations selected from Western and Japanese sources convey the iconographic background.

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