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Author Carhart, Michael C., author.

Title Leibniz discovers Asia : social networking in the Republic of Letters / Michael C. Carhart.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]

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Summary "This is a work of literary history in which the author reconstructs the epistolary network of a German philologist and philosopher named Gottfried Leibniz and his extended coterie of far-flung correspondents who exchanged information and insights, by way of letters, about the emergent study of historical linguistics, as a means of retracing the origins of the various peoples of Europe. This book contributes to our understanding of the so-called international Republic of Letters in the early-modern period of Europe and the near East"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Grimaldi at the gates of Muscovy (Fall 1689) -- Making the worst of a bad assignment: Origines Guelficae and the linguistic project (Autumn 1690-July 1692) -- Building the network (April 1691-June 1692) -- The Jesuit search for an overland route across Grand Tartary to China (1685-1689) -- Seeking the languages of Grand Tartary (August 1693-December 1694) -- Assembling Novissima Sinica (February-September 1695) -- Johann Gabriel Sparwenfeld and Gothic origins (November 1695-December 1697) -- The Grand Embassy of Peter the Great (Summer-Fall 1697) -- The Jesuits of Paris and China (1689, November 1697-March 1698) -- The foundations of modern historical linguistics (1697 -- 1716).
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Subject Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Knowledge and learning -- Linguistics.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716.
Linguistics.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Correspondence.
Republic of Letters (Society)
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Correspondence.
Republic of Letters (Society)
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716 -- Knowledge -- Linguistics.
Historical linguistics.
Historical linguistics.
Comparative linguistics -- Methodology.
Comparative linguistics.
Methodology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Carhart, Michael C. Leibniz discovers Asia. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019] 9781421427539 (DLC) 2018032698 (OCoLC)1057784658
ISBN 9781421427546 (electronic book)
1421427540 (electronic book)
9781421427539
1421427532