KAEMPFER, Engelbert (1651 – 1716)
1651 – 1716
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Matthäus Seutter · Detail from cartouche of Regni Japoniae Nova Mappa Geographica (1730) · Public domain
1712 CE
#6374.11
Amoentitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V.
Kaempfer’s illustrated accounts of Japanese acupuncture and moxibustion are among the best of the 17th century. They appeared for the first time in the above work and were translated into English in his The Hist…
1791 CE
#12825
Icones selectæ plantarum, quas in Japonia collegit et delineavit; Engelbertus Kaempfer; ex archetypis in Museo Britannico asservatis. Edited by Sir Joseph Banks.
Sir Joseph Banks was responsible for publishing most of Kaempfer's studies of Japanese plants, which had remained unpublished for more than 70 years. This work introduced many Japanese plants to Western botanists. Dig…