Camellia Documents and Events till 1699

1675:
The gardener George Meister started his journey to Japan with the Dutch East India Company.
From DEZ 1677 till DEZ 1687 he was the gardener of Andreas Cleyer in Batavia. Two visits to Japan (Deshima at Nagasaki) in 1682-1684 and 1685-1687. In 1689 he was back at Dresden, Germany.(1692 MEI)

~1678 BON :
Bontokoe:
Treatease on human life and Tea and Coffee, in Dutch. He adviced to take 100 - 200 cups of tea daily.

1683:
Engelbert Kaempfer started his journey to Japan, via Moscow, Baku, Isfahan (Persia), Ceylon, Batavia (Java), Siam. 24. 9. 1690 - 31.10.1692 in Deshima (Nagasaki, Japan). Two journeys to Edo (Tokyo). 1693 back in Leyden.(1712 KAE).

1689 CLE :
Cleyer, Andreas (1634-97/98): Miscellanea Curiosa, Norimbergae, 1689:
De Plantis Japanensibus Isnoacki, Germ. Eyserholz, & Tsumacky. p. 132.
was 1682-86 in Nagasaki, "Miscellanea Curiosa": 30 articles with japanese plant drawings, under which please find the first western description, and figure (see), of the Camellia japonica (his transliteration: 'Tsumacky'). See also 1692 Mei.

~1690 MEN :
Mentzel, Christian (1622-1701): Botanica Iaponica.
Manuscript: libri picturati 41.42 in Berlin, 599 pages.
Mentzel used drawings made by Japanese, send to him bei Cleyer.

1690:
On his journey back from Batavia, George Meister brought 16 Tea plants raised from seed he himself gathered from Japan, in "rather good state" to the Cape of Good Hope. On board are also 138195 ship pounds (appr. 20.000.000 Kg ?) of Chinese tea. (1692 MEI)

1692 MEI :
Meister, George: Der orientalisch- indianische Kunst- und Lustgaertner
Dresden 1692 * Stadtbuecherei Reutlingen Sign.: 2595
First western description of Camellia (Zuwacky). Description of Tea. 300 pages, report of a gardeners voyage to Dakarta and Japan. He worked several years as the gardener of Andreas Cleyer (1689 CLE). Flora malaika and Flora japonica. Cargo and trading lists. Most interesting. In German.