Leibniz Discovers Asia : Social Networking in the Republic of Letters
Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Conventions -- 1. Grimaldi at the Gates of Muscovy (Fall 1689) -- 2. Making the Worst of a Bad Assignment: Origines Guelficae and the Linguistic Project (Autumn 1690-Summer 1692) -- 3. Building the Network (Winter 1691-Summer 1692) -- 4. The Jesuit Searc...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
2019
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Information Cultures Ser.
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| Schlagworte: | Historical linguistics Comparative linguistics Comparative linguistics-Methodology Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,-Freiherr von,-1646-1716-Correspondence Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm,-Freiherr von,-1646-1716-Knowledge-Linguistics Republic of Letters (Society) Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (343 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Conventions -- 1. Grimaldi at the Gates of Muscovy (Fall 1689) -- 2. Making the Worst of a Bad Assignment: Origines Guelficae and the Linguistic Project (Autumn 1690-Summer 1692) -- 3. Building the Network (Winter 1691-Summer 1692) -- 4. The Jesuit Search for an Overland Route to China (1685-1689) -- 5. Seeking the Languages of Grand Tartary (August 1693-December 1694) -- 6. Assembling Novissima Sinica (February-September 1695) -- 7. Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeld and Gothic Origins (November 1695-December 1697) -- 8. The Grand Embassy of Peter the Great (Summer-Fall 1697) -- 9. The Jesuits of Paris and China (1689, November 1697-March 1698) -- 10. The Foundations of Modern Historical Linguistics (1697-1716) -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I. "Desiderata circa linguas quorundam populorum -- Appendix II. Plan for a Moscow Academy of Sciences and Arts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Letters -- General Index |
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| Beschreibung: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (343 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781421427546 1421427540 9781421427539 1421427532 |