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Johann Eduard Wappäus (17 May 1812, Hamburg – 16 December 1879, Göttingen) was a German geographer. He was a son-in-law to mineralogist Johann Friedrich Ludwig Hausmann. He studied at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin, where he was a student of Carl Ritter. In 1833–34 he took part in a study trip to Cape Verde and Brazil. In 1838 he qualified as a lecturer at Göttingen, where in 1845, he became an associate professor. In 1854 he was appointed professor of geography and statistics at Göttingen.〔(ADB: Wappäus, Johann Eduard ) at Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie〕 His most widely known work was a new edition of the "Stein-Hörschelmann" ''Handbuchs der Geographie und Statistik'', of which, he published three exceptional volumes on the Americas.〔(The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Volume 16 ) edited by Frederick Converse Beach〕 From 1848 to 1863, and from 1874 to 1879, he was editor of the ''Göttingischen Gelehrten Anzeigen''.〔 == Selected works == * ''Untersuchungen über die geographischen Entdeckungen der Portugiesen unter Heinrich dem Seefahrer : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte des Seehandels und der Geographie im Mittelalter'', 1842 – Studies on the geographical discoveries of the Portuguese under Henry the Navigator:. A contribution to the history of maritime trade and geography in the Middle Ages. * ''Deutsche Auswanderung und Colonisation'', 1846 – German emigration and colonization. * ''Handbuch der allgemeinen Geographie und Statistik'', 1855 – Textbook of general geography and statistics. * ''Allgemeine Bevölkerungsstatistik''. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs, (1859-1861, two volumes) – General population statistics.〔(Catalog HathiTrust ) Allgemeine Bevölkerungsstatistik〕 * ''Handbuch der Geographie und Statistik von Ost- und Nord-Europa'', 1858 – Textbook of geography and statistics of eastern and northern Europe. * ''Geographie und Statistik von Mexico und Centralamerika'', 1863 – Geography and statistics of Mexico and Central America. * ''Patagonien, die Argentinische Republik, Uruguay und Paraguay geographisch und statistisch dargestellt'', 1870 – Patagonia, the Republic of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay presented geographically and statistically. * ''Handbuch der Geographie und Statistik des Kaiserreichs Brasilien'', 1871 – Textbook of geography and statistics of the Empire of Brazil. * ''Einleitung in das Studium der Statistik. Vorlesungen Gehalten an der Universität Göttingen'', 1881 – Introduction to the study of statistics. Lectures held at the University of Göttingen.〔(OCLC Classify ) list of published works.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Johann Eduard Wappäus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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