. English: Between 1642 and 1652, German soldier Caspar Schmalkalden journeyed throughout the world in the service of the Dutch West India Company and the Dutch East India Company. After he returned home, he recorded his experiences in a delightful manuscript, Die Wundersamen Reisen des Caspar Schmalkalden nach West- und Ostindien, 1642–1652. He spent two years on Taiwan, where he served as a surveyor. One of his drawings depicts a Chinese merchant in robes, with folded fan and parasol. The poem to the side reads: Ein Cineesischer Kaufmann Sucht iemand Kaufmannschaft und kostbar teure Wahren,
. English: Between 1642 and 1652, German soldier Caspar Schmalkalden journeyed throughout the world in the service of the Dutch West India Company and the Dutch East India Company. After he returned home, he recorded his experiences in a delightful manuscript, Die Wundersamen Reisen des Caspar Schmalkalden nach West- und Ostindien, 1642–1652. He spent two years on Taiwan, where he served as a surveyor. One of his drawings depicts a Chinese merchant in robes, with folded fan and parasol. The poem to the side reads: Ein Cineesischer Kaufmann Sucht iemand Kaufmannschaft und kostbar teure Wahren, dann ist nunmehr erlaubt in unser land zu fahren, Wir haben saidenwahr and raines Porcelan. Macht Mars uns nicht berühmbt, so hats die Kunst gethan. It can be translated as follows: 'If you're looking for merchants and expensive wares and are allowed henceforth into our country, We have silks and fine porcelain. Mars has not made us famous, but art has.' Used by permission of the Gotha Research Library (Gotha Forschungsbibliotek) (finding aid: Chart. B 533, fo. 255). . 7 May 2014, 21:53:58. Unknown A Chinese Merchant
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