Koppe, Johann Christian Sigismund

Title: Koppe, Johann Christian Sigismund
Family name: Koppe
Given name(s): Johann Christian Sigismund
Religious affiliation: Lutheran
Date of Birth: August 1714
Date of Death: December 24, 1793
Language(s): German (DE, GER)
Biography: Johann Christian Koppe was born as the son of a pastor of the same name. Around 1739 he came to Rostock and acquired a bookstore there, which he ran until his death. In the years between 1747 and 1756 he translated Description de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise by the French Jesuit Jean-Baptiste Du Halde into German. In 5 volumes with more than 2,600 pages, he brought the latest information about China to the countries of the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation. This was an extraordinary financial feat for him, so that he had to refrain from sting many pictures and maps that were present in the editions of France, the Netherlands and Great Britain.

Filter by resource type and property:

Items with "Contributors: Koppe, Johann Christian Sigismund"
Title	Class
Ausführliche Beschreibung des Chinesischen Reichs und der grossen Tartarey	Translation