Engelbert Kaempfer
German botanist (1651-1716) · Germany · Scientists · Died at 65
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Something wrong?Engelbert Kaempfer was a German naturalist, physician, explorer, and writer known for his tour of Russia, Persia, India, Siam and Japan between 1683 and 1693.
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"Japanese alphabet" (Engelbert Kaempfer: "De Beschryving van Japan", 1729). The column Imatto Canna is a misinterpretation by Kaempfer.
Court Journey to the shōgun of Japan in 1691 (Engelbert Kaempfer: "De Beschryving van Japan", 1729)
Kaempfer's sketch of Kyoto Daibutsu
Manuscript from Engelbert Kaempfer, British Library, Sloane MS 2912
Dutch audience with the shogun of Japan. From the book History of Japan, 1727
Monument to Kaempfer, erected in Lemgo in 1867Family
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Germany
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Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1651 to 1716 · aged 65
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