Author: BUIJZE, W.,
Title: Geprg Everjard Rumphius' reis naar Portugal 1645-1648, een onderzoek. [Eerste druk; First edition].
Description: S.I., The author, W. Buijze, 2002. 8°. Original glossy limp wrappers. Large coloured illustration on front cover, covertitle in bold monochrome type. 133pp. Many captioned monochrome facsim. ills. after archivalia, incl. topographical views of Portugal in the 17th century as experienced by Rumphius, specimen of Ms. letters, correspondence, ti.-p.'s, route charts with legenda, illustrations of plants collected by Rummphius, facsims. of abstracts taken from the original publication, Portuguese city plans, bibliography, index, table of authors; publications, facsim. of Rumphius' original signature with dutch explanatory text, printed on verso of ti.-p., synopsis on lower outer cover, table of contents. Very detailed dutch language investigation, which includes facsim. text after the original 17th century Latin text poem translated for the first time ever into dutch. Supplies information about the voyage to Portugal itselves, Rumphius' experiences during the visit, also collecting and describing domestic plants and herbs. Very fine copy.Georg Everhard Rumphius, of german ancestry, in which a piecure is drawn about his life as a V.O.C. servant, his posting on the Moluccan Island Group and his scientific achievements into natural history of Ambon Island and dependencies, his journeys and tours of duty, correspondence with his contemporaries and scientific results published in some major scientitic works about a variety of topics. Paperback edition (as orig. published by author). Very fine copy. Rumphius, originall Rumpf, was a German-born botanist engaged by the Dutch East India Company, in dutch abbreviation V.O.C., posted in what is now eastern-Indonesia, or the Moluccan Island group and beyond. Rumphius is best known for his major scientific work Herbarium Ambonensis, the first publication about tropical plant systems especially focused on the Moluccas. Also his second scientific publication, 1702, is his systematic description, with illustrations, of molluscs and shellfish collected from the Ambon Sea by local assistants.

Keywords: rumphius naturalhistory travel portugal collecting observation history europe culture heritage plants herbs