The Furthest Goal
Subtitle: Engelbert Kaempfers Encounter with Tokugawa Japan
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon
Published: November 20, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781873410370
Subjects: Anthropology; Asian / Middle Eastern history; Biography: general; Japan; Geschichte und Beschreibung von Japan; Japan - History; Kaempfer, Engelbert,; History; Ethnic Issues; Icones selectae plantarum quas in Japonia collegit et delineavit Engelbertus Kaempfer; History: World; Ethnic Studies - General; Kaempfer, Engelbert; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Reference; Botany; Sociology; 1651-1716; 1651-1716.; Early works to 1800; Geschichte und Beschreibung vo; Icones selectae plantarum quas
First sentence: Lemgo, while the younger, Andreas, was a noted scholar of Hebrew. The earliest extant written words in young Engelbert's hand are those on his elder brother's matriculation essay.