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   Engelbert Kaempfer (16 September 1651 – 2 November 1716) from Lemgo was a German naturalist, physician, explorer and writer known for his tour of Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan between 1683 and 1693. He wrote two books about his travels.

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   Engelbert Kämpfer (born Sept. 16, 1651, Lemgo, Westphalia [Germany]—died Nov. 2, 1716, Lieme) was a German traveler whose writings are a valuable source of information on 17th-century Iran and Japan. At Uppsala, Swed., Kämpfer joined a trade mission to Russia and Iran and then went on to visit Batavia, Java (now Jakarta), where in 1690 he ...

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   Mar 30, 2016 · Engelbert Kaempfer (1651 – 1716) was a noted scientist, physician to the Dutch East India Company, and an enthusiastic traveler known for his tour of Russia, Persia, India, South-East Asia, and Japan between 1683 and 1693.

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   • Engelbert Kaempfer (16 September 1651 – 2 November 1716) from Lemgo was a German naturalist, physician, explorer and writer known for his tour of Russia, Persia, India, Southeast Asia, and Japan between 1683 and 1693. He wrote two books about his travels.

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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Engelbert Kämpfer (born Sept. 16, 1651, Lemgo, Westphalia [Germany]—died Nov. 2, 1716, Lieme) was a German traveler whose writings are a valuable source of information on 17th-century Iran and Japan.

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   How did Engelbert Kaempfer become a physician?

   • His appointment as physician to the Company was supported by letters of recom mendation from the leader of the Mission to Persia, M. Fabritius, a Dutchman. For a second time, Engelbert Kaempfer turned his back on the luxuries of court life to study distant and exotic lands. December 1685.

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   Why did Engelbert change his name to Kaempfer?

   • Later (1673), Engelbert would change his name to Kaempffer, or Kempfer, an example of the baroque propensity for symbolic and metaphorical unscientific etymologies (‘Kaempfer’ means ‘combatant,’ ‘warrior’). Engelbert’s education followed a circuitous course from Lemgo to important academic schools and universities in northern Germany and Poland.

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6. www.jstor.org › stable › 24621581Engelbert Kaempfer: Physician, Explorer, Scholar, and Author

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   A biographical sketch of Engelbert Kaempfer, a German naturalist, physician, linguist, and collector who wrote The History of Japan based on his travels in Asia. Learn about his education, career, achievements, and legacy in this article from Journal of the History of Medicine.

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   KAEMPFER, ENGELBERT – Encyclopaedia Iranica. KAEMPFER, ENGELBERT, German physician and traveler to Russia, the Orient, and the Far East (b. Lemgo, Westphalia, 16 September 1651; d. Lemgo, 2 November 1716). He was one of the keenest observers of foreign cultures of his time.

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9. www.japantimes.co.jp › news › 2020/02/08Engelbert Kaempfer on the old roads of Japan - The Japan Times

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   'Japanese travel more often than other people,' wrote Engelbert Kaempfer, the 17th-century physician, scholar, naturalist and explorer whose 'History of Japan' (1712) was the first full-length...

10. www.jstor.org › stable › 4351440Engelbert Kaempfer and the Myth of the Scythian Lamb - JSTOR

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    Kaempfer's account is noteworthy because it debunked the myth by eyewitness investigation; provided a first detailed description of the real Scythian Lamb and practices associated with it; and attempted to explain rationally the origin of the myth. While belief in the myth ended with Kaempfer's report, the search.