Osbeck: A voyage to China …

A voyage to China and the East Indies, by Peter Osbeck. Together with A voyage to Suratte, by Olof Toreen and an account of the Chinese husbandry, by Captain Charles Gustavus Eckeberg. Translated from the German by Johann Reinhold Forster 2 vols. (London: B. White, 1771).

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• Bibliographischer Nachweis / Bibliographic reference: Löwendahl vol. 1, p. 248 (no. 558).

For the Swedish original of this book see: Dagbok öfwer en ostindisk resa åren 1750, 1751, 1752. med anmärkningar uti naturkunnigheten, främmande folkslags språk, seder, hushållning m.m. (Stockholm, Lor. Ludv. Grefing, 1757).

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• Bibliographischer Nachweis / Bibliographic reference:  Löwendahl vol. 1, p. 222 f. (no. 491)

For a German version see: Pehr Osbeck/Olof Torén: Herrn Peter Osbeck, Pastors … Reise nach Ostindien und China, nebst O. Toreens Reise nach Suratte, und C.G. Ekebergs Nachricht von der Landwirthschaft der Chineser, übers. von J.G. Georgi. (Rostock: Koppe 1765)

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  > GDZ (Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek, Göttingen)
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• Bibliographic reference: Lust 349, BS 2097

For a brief biography on Pehr Osbeck see the entry in:

• Fauna och flora / Fjortonde årgången (1919) p. 161 (in Swedish)

Last update: September 2, 2015.