Kämpfer

Kämpfer, ENGELBERT, German traveller, was born at Lemgo, in Lippe, on 16th September 1651, studied medicine at Königsberg, and travelled (1683-94) in India, Java, Siam, and Japan, during which time he spent two years (1692-94) in the last-named country. He died on 2d November 1716. He published Amœnitates Exotica (1712), and after his death appeared his History of Japan and Siam (Lond. 2 vols. 1727). Most of his writings exist in MS. in the British Museum.