Long before
#geography became an academic discipline, Johannes Justus Rein built his reputation through fieldwork in Japan and close ties to the Perthes publishing house. Tobit Nauheim explores how their almost symbiotic relationship shaped global knowledge networks ⬇
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From Fieldwork in Japan to Print: The Reciprocal Relationship between Johannes Justus Rein and the Perthes Publishing House
On a winter morning in 1875, the geographer Johannes Justus Rein was staying at the German Legation in Tokyo. For over a year, Rein had been conducting field research in Japan under the auspices of a government-sponsored expedition. In a letter to August Petermann (10 January 1875), he outlined his plans for the scholarly evaluation of his fieldwork upon return...
