Engelbert Kaempfer and the Myth of the Scythian Lamb

1993 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Robert W. Carrubba
Keyword(s):  
Engelbert Kaempfer

Kaempfer and Thai history: the documents behind the printed texts

1989 ◽  
Vol 121 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
B.J. Terwiel
Keyword(s):  
Engelbert Kaempfer

The 39-year old Engelbert Kaempfer sighted the Siamese coast on 1 June 1690, and on 7 June his ship entered the river Chao Phraya, and reached the Dutch residence “Amsterdam”. Three days later he arrived in the Thai capital, Ayutthaya. Almost a month later, on 4 July, Kaempfer's boat began its journey downriver, spending some days loading goods at “Amsterdam”, and on 10 July he left Siamese territory, continuing his journey to Japan.

Engelbert Kaempfer, Genemon Imamura and the origin of the name Ginkgo

Taxon ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Nagata ◽  
Ashley DuVal ◽  
Peter R. Crane
Keyword(s):  
Engelbert Kaempfer

Kaempferol: a case study of what eponyms in chemical nomenclature can tell us

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Holger Funk
Keyword(s):  
Organic Compound ◽  
Zoological Nomenclature ◽  
Chemical Nomenclature ◽  
Personal Names ◽  
Kaempferia Galanga ◽  
Natural Scientists ◽  
Engelbert Kaempfer

Personal names (eponyms) of real or fictitious people can be found both in botanical and zoological nomenclature ever since Linnaeus's reform efforts (and earlier too) – yet they were never uncontroversial. The same applies for scientific chemical nomenclature where the situation is more complex because besides systematic names, semi-systematic, and even non-scientific (trivial) names such as Glauber's salt or ammonia (both derived from eponyms), are officially accepted. One of the semi-systematic names is kaempferol, the designation of a natural dyestuff (flavonoid) that occurs in numerous plants, among them Kaempferia galanga. The course of the discovery and name-giving process for this organic compound is traced, elucidating that not only Engelbert Kaempfer was involved, but a whole series of natural scientists.

The manuscript maps of Engelbert Kaempfer

Imago Mundi ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-71
Author(s):  
Margarete Lazar
Keyword(s):  
Engelbert Kaempfer
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