Felix Schürmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 3766891 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felix Schürmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felix |
| FAMILY NAME | Schürmann |
| SIGNATURE | SCHURMANN F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Erfurt |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9176-6076 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
From the head of the snake to the unity of the world
The Congo estuary is a space of transitions not only in hydrological but also in historical terms. When from the 1860s the centuries-old slave trade ended and foreign companies established trading posts along the lower river to export raw materials, mapmakers from Europe began to relate the Congo with what they perceived as “world traffic” in new ways. Grounded in a close reading and contextualisation of two nautical charts by the British Admiral…
Population history of chimpanzees introduced to Lake Victoria’s Rubondo Island
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In 2020 the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic putting entire governments and civil societies in crisis mode. Around the globe unprecedented shortages of equipment and qualified personnel were reported in hospitals and diagnostic laboratories. When a crisis is global, supply chains are strained worldwide and external help may not be readily available. In Switzerland, as part of the efforts of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force, we…
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Freiheit auf der schwarzen Burg. Soziale Dynamiken von Zwischenhalten amerikanischer Walfänger in Jamestown (St. Helena), 1776–1907
This article investigates how the South Atlantic harbour of St. Helena shaped the experiences, practices, and tactics of seamen from American whalers on shore leave. Based on logbooks, diaries, and other sources mainly from the nineteenth century, it argues that the harbour’s reputation as a place of longing as well as a number of distinctive features – among them the US consulate and the last residence of Napoleon – encouraged seamen to revolt a…
Herrschaftsstrategien und der Einsatz von Pferden im südwestlichen Afrika, ca. 1790-1890
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Herrschaftsstrategien und der Einsatz von Pferden im südwestlichen Afrika, ca. 1790-1890
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Freiheit auf der schwarzen Burg. Soziale Dynamiken von Zwischenhalten amerikanischer Walfänger in Jamestown (St. Helena), 1776–1907
This article investigates how the South Atlantic harbour of St. Helena shaped the experiences, practices, and tactics of seamen from American whalers on shore leave. Based on logbooks, diaries, and other sources mainly from the nineteenth century, it argues that the harbour’s reputation as a place of longing as well as a number of distinctive features – among them the US consulate and the last residence of Napoleon – encouraged seamen to revolt a…
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Population history of chimpanzees introduced to Lake Victoria’s Rubondo Island
Arc
In 2020 the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic putting entire governments and civil societies in crisis mode. Around the globe unprecedented shortages of equipment and qualified personnel were reported in hospitals and diagnostic laboratories. When a crisis is global, supply chains are strained worldwide and external help may not be readily available. In Switzerland, as part of the efforts of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force, we…
From the head of the snake to the unity of the world
The Congo estuary is a space of transitions not only in hydrological but also in historical terms. When from the 1860s the centuries-old slave trade ended and foreign companies established trading posts along the lower river to export raw materials, mapmakers from Europe began to relate the Congo with what they perceived as “world traffic” in new ways. Grounded in a close reading and contextualisation of two nautical charts by the British Admiral…
Computer Science (3 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · World Wide Web (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · Download (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Library science (2 works)