Bernhard Varenius (1622-1650) /
Bernhard Varenius' books influenced the history of science in such a way that Isaac Newton, Alexander von Humboldt and Tsar Peter the Great all referred to him. Varenius wrote the first comprehensive description of Japan (""Descriptio regni Japoniae, "" 1649) from a European...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English German |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2007
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Series: | Brill's studies in intellectual history ;
v. 159. |
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Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |