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Georgius Everhardus Rumphius (1627–1702)

Author of The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet

10+ Works 71 Members 2 Reviews

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Includes the names: ... Rumphius, G.E. Rumphius, G.E. Rumphius, Georg Eberhard Rumpf, Georg Eberhard Rumpf, Georgius Everhardus Rumphius

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Works by Georgius Everhardus Rumphius

The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet (1741) 31 copies

Rumphius' Orchids: Orchid Texts from "The Ambonese Herbal" (2003) 15 copies, 1 review

The Ambonese Herbal, Volume 1: Introduction and Book I: Containing All Sorts of Trees, That Bear Edible Fruits, and Are Husbanded by People (2011) 8 copies

The Poison Tree: Selected Writings of Rumphius on the Natural History of the Indies (1981) 6 copies

Rumphius' wonderwereld : zeventiende-eeuwse natuurbeschrĳvingen uit Ambon (2004) 3 copies

Waerachtigh verhael, van de schrickelĳcke aerdbevinge/ nu onlanghs eenigen tyd herwaerts, ende voornaementlĳck op den (1998) 3 copies

Herbarium amboinense, plurimas conplectens, arbores, frutices, herbas, plantas terrestres, & aquaticas, quae in Amboina et adjacentibus reperiuntur insulis ... 2 copies

Antwoort en rapport aan Anthonĳ Hurt, 1684 = Answer and report to Anthony Hurdt, 1684 (1998) 1 copy

D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer (Dutch Edition) (2015) 1 copy, 1 review

De Ambonse eilanden onder de VOC : zoals opgetekend in De Ambonse landbeschrĳving (2002) 1 copy

Associated Works

Wie verre reizen doet : een keuze uit de Indisch-Nederlandse letterkunde van de Compagniestĳd tot 1870 (1975) — Contributor — 5 copies

Rumphius : de blinde ziener van Ambon (1944) — Illustrator — 4 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Rumphius, Georg Everard
Other names: Rumpf, Georg Eberhard
Birthdate: 1627
Date of death: 1702-06-15
Gender: male
Birthplace: Wölfersheim, Germany
Places of residence: Hanau, Germany
Place of death: Ambon, Dutch East Indies
Map Location: Germany

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Rumphius' Orchids: Orchid Texts from 'The Ambonese Herbal' by Georg Eberhard Rumpf

Great introduction on Rumphius, but the translated orchid texts don't make for particularly good reading. A more complete biography of Rumphius, though, I would read in a heartbeat.

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D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer (Dutch Edition) by Georgius Everhardus Rumphius

An utterly lovely experience.

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The Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet (Winner – Biological Science – 1999)

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Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 15
Languages: 1

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