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  Adam Olearius - MedPort-Lexikon
1627 wurde Olearius der Titel eines Magisters der Philosophie verliehen und fünf Jahre später avancierte er zum Assistenten der philosophischen Fakultät in Leipzig.
Olearius trennte sich wegen immer größer werdender Differenzen mit Brüggemann und reiste ab Reval der Gruppe voraus.
Dies geschieht zu Ehren entweder von Adam Olearius (1599-1671) oder des Theologen Johann Gottfried Olearius (1635-1711).
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  Adam Olearius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adam Olearius (born Adam Oehlschlaeger) (1603–1671), German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian.
Once back at Gottorp, Olearius became librarian to the duke, who also made him keeper of his cabinet of curiosities, and induced the tsar to excuse his (promised) return to Moscow.
Under Olearius' direction the celebrated globe of Gottorp and armillary sphere were executed between 1654 and 1664; the globe was given to Peter the Great of Russia in 1713 by Duke Frederick's grandson, Christian Augustus.
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 Iranica.com - GERMANY v
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Jahrhundert; genregeschichtliche Untersuchung zu Adam Olearius, Hans Egede, Georg Forster, Kasseler Studien zur deutschsprachigen Literaturgeschichte 2, Reihe Literatur- und Medienwissenschaft 24, Paderborn, 1994.
Tectander von der Jabel, Kurtze und warhafftige beschreibung der Reiss von Prag aus, durch Schlesien, Polen, Moscaw, Tartareyen, bis an den Königlichen Hoff in Persien … anno 1605, Leipzig, 1608.
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 - Chapter 2
Adam had a very personal interest in the young woman, and was more familiar than either of his companions with the hazards of negotiating the streets of the era.
Olearius was quite an experienced diplomat, and he'd already come to the conclusion than Don Fernando was as shrewd as any prince in the long and successful history of the Habsburg dynasty.
Adam and Harry moved to block her from the sight of the night watchmen emerging from the tavern.
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 Adam Olearius Biography and Summary
Adam Olearius was dubbed by his contemporaries "der Holsteinische Plinius" (The Pliny of Holstein) and "der Gottorper Odysseus" (the Odysseus of Gottorf).
Adam Olearius (born Adam Oehlschlaeger) (1603 – 1671), German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian.
He became secretary to the ambassador sent by Frederick III of Holstein-Gottorp, duke of Holstein-Gottorp to the Shah of Persia, and p...
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 Old World Auctions - Lot Detail
The map is richly embellished with a title cartouche showing three reindeer, plus a large vignette at upper right featuring an encampment with tribesmen and camels, and a distance scale cartouche with three chubby putti.
Adam Olearius was a German scholar, mathematician, geographer and librarian.
He was sent in 1633 by Duke Frederick III to Moscow and Persia to seek treaties favoring the newly-founded city of Friedrichstadt as the terminus for an overland silk road.
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 Richard E. Wright Research Reports: Ardebil Shrine
The nature of the Shrine is knowable, for there was considerable traffic of Europeans going, after the turn of the 17th century, to Ispahan, with its large complement of foreign missionaries, merchants, and embassies.
And, to the extent the Ardebil which Olearius saw resembled the Ardebil in the first Safavid flowering under Ismael, it should be on the list of point of origin possibilities (best headed by Tabriz) for the carpet now in the Victoria and Albert Museum.
In any event, it is the Shrine described by Olearius rather than that of the 19th century travellers which conveys the carpet's rightful setting.
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 Adam Olearius
Bis zu seinem Tode 1671 lebte und arbeitete Olearius in Schleswig.
Die wissenschaftliche Betreuung und die Bauleitung lag in den Händen des Hofgelehrten Adam Olearius aus Aschersleben.
Olearius hat den Namen der alten Stadt in alle Welt getragen.
www.kulturkreis-aschersleben.de /kk_name.htm   (597 words)

  
 Visions of Persia: Mapping the Travels of Adam Olearius . Harvard University Press, 2003, xv-238 p., bibliography, ...
Olearius is the quintessential baroque work reflecting the court of the Frederic of Gottorp, a quintessentially baroque ruler with ambitions to greatness.
The appearance of a lion leads the author to discuss the symbolism of this animal in the Iranian tradition, and the appearance of lion skins in illustrations prompts him to look for models in Rubens and contemporary travelogues.
Chapter four, Olearius as cartographer, focuses on the traveler?s dense map of Iran and in particular his rendering of the Caspian Sea, with particular emphasis on the graphic signs and the pictorial icons.
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 Iran Heritage Foundation
Olearius’ map - in contrast to the other European Baroque maps of the Caspian - begins to show the Sea correctly, namely as being longer from north to south than from east to west.
Olearius’ map and travel account promised the most recent representation of the area by a cultured observer, one who had actually travelled to the area in question.
Olearius’ Nova Delineatio Persiae is comprised of both visual and textual elements that represent a type of text, or discourse, that needs to be analysed in detail in order to be read correctly.
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 Olearius's 'The voyages and travels of the ambassadors...' (Pepys' Diary)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
“Particularly well known and widespread are views of Moscow drawn by German scientist Adam Olearius, who visited Russia three times in the 1630s and in the early 1640s as Secretary of the Schleswig-Holstein Embassy.
Olearius’ book “An Account of a Trip to Muscovia” is abundantly illustrated by townscape prints.
Written originally by Adam Olearius, secretary to the embassy.
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 The Quest for Bible Treasures
Adam Olearius' Voyage and Travels of the Ambassadors relates Armenian and Persian stories of the petrified Ark.
The Ark comes to rest on a moutain in the "moutains of Ararat" in eastern Turkey, which was formerly Armenian terrority, at an elevation several thousand feet higher than it is today.
The theory is similar to the disovery of the Viking ship, Sutton Hoo, who's imprint was left and later discovered by archeologist.
www.thequestforbibletreasures.com /Durupinar/durupinar_theory.html   (237 words)

  
 Adam Olearius
Der Artikel Adam Olearius gehört zur Kategorie: Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft, Autor, Literatur (17.
10 Jahre später avancierte Olearius auch zum Hofbibliothekar.
Erklärung des Begriff Adam Olearius und dessen Bedeutung wurde zuletzt am 8.2.2006 aktualisiert (Glossar Lexikon Enzyklopädie).
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 OLEARIUS, Adam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Adam Olearius was a seventeenth-century German scholar, employed as secretary to an embassy sent by the small German state of Holstein to explore an overland trade route with Persia.
Although the commercial mission failed miserably, the embassy was successful in the incredible amount of information gathered by Olearius.
After returning to Holstein in 1639, Olearius continued in the Duke's service and published the first edition of his travels in 1647.
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 Adam Olearius: Encyclopedia II - Adam Olearius - Travels
At Revel Olearius parted from his colleagues (April 15, 1639) and embarked directly for Lubeck.
Once back at Gottorp, Olearius became librarian to the duke, who also made him keeper of his cabinet of curiosities, and induced the tsar to excuse his (promised) return to Moscow.
Under his care the Gottorp library and cabinet were greatly enriched in manuscripts, books, and oriental and other works of art: in 1651 he purchased, for this purpose, the collection of the Dutch scholar and physician, Bernard ten Broecke ("Paludanus").
www.experiencefestival.com /a/Adam_Olearius_-_Travels/id/605124   (393 words)

  
 Adam Olearius Biography | Dictionary of Literary Biography
These epithets capture the wide range of interests and achievements of this erudite scholar who wrote the first scientific travel book in German and was one of the most accomplished translators of Persian poetry of his time.
Olearius was born Adam Ölschlegel in Aschersleben in Anhalt on 15 August 1599; he was the son of Adam Ölschlegel, a tailor, and Maria Ölschlegel, née Porst.
After attending the Stephaneum gymnasium in Aschersleben, he went to the University of Leipzig in 1620 to study theology but switched to philosophy, mathematics, and the natural sciences, especially astronomy.
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 whisky-in-the-jar.de www.whisky-in-the-jar.de Adam Olearius
In dieser Zeit führte Olearius astronomische Ortsbestimmungen durch, traf sich mit einheimischen Wissenschaftlern und lernte die persiche Sprache.
Brancaforte, Elio C.: ''Visions of Persia : mapping the travels of Adam Olearius.'' - Cambridge, Mass.
Prinz, F.: ''Von den Historien fremder Völker : des Adam Olearius Gesandtschaftsreisen durch Rußland und Persien.'' - in: Damals, 24.1994 - S. Rauch, Karl: ''Seidenstraße über Moskau : die große Reise von Adam Olearius nach Moskau und Isphahan zwischen 1633 und 1639.'' - München : Pfeiffer, 1960
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OELSCHLAGER [OLEARIUS], ADAM (1600-1671), German traveller and Orientalist, was born at Aschersleben, near Magdeburg, in 1599 or 1600.
After studying at Leipzig he became librarian and court mathematician to Duke Frederick III.
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 Russia Engages the World - NYPL
Olearius' Commentaries on Muscovy in the 1630s and 1640s
So that painting is so common in Moscovy, that when any are to be married, the bridegroom, that is to be, sends among other presents some paint to his bride.
From: Adam Olearius, Voyages and Travells of the Ambassadors Sent by Frederick Duke of Holstein to the Great Duke of Muscovy and the King of Persia …; Containing a Complete History of Muscovy, Tartary, Persia, and Other Adjacent Countries….
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 OELS - LoveToKnow Article on OELS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
See W. Hausler, Geschichte des Ftirstentums Ols bis zum Aus-sterben der piastischen Herzogslinie (Breslau, 1883); and Schulze, Die Succession im Furstentum Ols (Breslau, 1884).
OELSCHLAGER [OLEARIUS], ADAM (1600-1671), German traveller and Orientalist, was born at Aschersleben, near Magdeburg, in 1599 or 1600.
After studying at Leipzig he became librarian and court mathematician to Duke Frederick III.
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 ADAM OELSCHLAGER [OLEA... - Online Information article about ADAM OELSCHLAGER [OLEA...
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 Olearius, Adam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
London, For John Starkey and Thomas Basset, 1669.
“The course of the great river Walga ” P. Olearius was secretary to the embassy sent out by the duke of Holstein in 1633 —34 to explore commercial opportunities in Persia and Russia.
This map shows a portion of the course of the Volga River in great detail.
www.bell.lib.umn.edu /rmaps/1669_1.html   (80 words)

  
 Harvard University Press: Visions of Persia : Mapping the Travels of Adam Olearius by Elio Brancaforte
This work examines the travel account of a German baroque author who journeyed in search of silk from Northern Germany, through Muscovy, to the court of Shah Safi in Isfahan.
Adam Olearius introduced Persian literature, history, and arts to the German-speaking public; his frank appraisal of Persian customs foreshadows the enlightened spirit of the eighteenth century (influencing Montesquieu's Persian Letters as well as Goethe's West-Eastern Divan) and prepares the way for German Romanticism's infatuation with Persian poetry.
Brancaforte focuses on the visual and discursive nexus uniting Olearius's text with the numerous engravings that supplement the book.
www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/BRAVIS.html   (167 words)

  
 The Travels of Olearius in seventeenth-century Persia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Persia; 17th century; travel; travelers; Olearius, Adam, 1603-1671
The second was sent in 1635 to complete the deal with the shah (i.e., king of Persia.) Although the commercial mission failed miserably, the embassy was successful in the incredible amount of information gathered by Olearius.
In 1656 he released a second, enlarged edition which became very popular throughout Europe and within a few years was translated into Dutch, French, Italian and English...The present selection is taken from the 1662 English translation."
ssgdoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de /vlib/ssgfi/infodata/002841.html   (168 words)

  
 glbtq >> literature >> Russian Literature
Among the numerous testimonies to this visibility in travel and memoir literature are the books by Sigismund von Herberstein and Adam Olearius and an amusing poem by the Englishman George Turberville, "To Dancie." Turberville visited Moscow with a diplomatic mission in 1568, the time of one of Ivan the Terrible's worst political purges.
The poet was struck not by the carnage, however, but by the open homosexuality of the Russian peasants.
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 Eric Flint’s place on the web » 1634: THE BALTIC WAR — snippet 59
Sitting on a divan in the USE embassy’s salon next to her fiancé Adam Olearius, Anne Jefferson laughed softly.
Much as I’d personally prefer making my living as a mathematician, I do not live—neither do you, any longer—in that magical up-time world where great universities paid people simply to teach and research mathematics.
“I… wouldn’t be so sure of that, Anne.” Olearius stopped at a corner, gently disengaged her hand from his elbow, and turned to face her squarely.
www.ericflint.net /index.php/2007/02/19/1634-the-baltic-war-snippet-59   (1601 words)

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