Eberhard Isbrand Ides or Evert Ysbrants (Ysbrandszoon) Ides (1657–1708) was a

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merchant,

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ler and diplomat.

Biography

Eberhard Isbrand Ides was from

Holstein-Glückstadt Holstein-Glückstadt or Schleswig-Holstein-Glückstadt is the historiographical name, as well as contemporary shorthand name, for the parts of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein that were ruled by the Kings of Denmark in their function as dukes ...

. By 1687, he settled in the

German Quarter German Quarter (russian: Неме́цкая слобода́, ''Nemetskaya sloboda''), also known as the Kukuy Quarter (), was a neighborhood in the northeast of Moscow, located on the right bank of the Yauza River east of Kukuy Creek (h ...

(''Nemetskaya sloboda'') of

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 millio ...

. In 1692 he travelled as a

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

n envoy to the

Kangxi Emperor The Kangxi Emperor (4 May 1654– 20 December 1722), also known by his temple name Emperor Shengzu of Qing, born Xuanye, was the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the second Qing emperor to rule over China proper, reigning from 1661 to ...

of China. While there he was to negotiate trade relations between China and Russia. He returned to Russia in 1694 and in 1698 he founded an arms and powder factory in the village of Glinkow. In 1700 he became a commissioner of the Admiralty in

Arkhangelsk Arkhangelsk (, ; rus, Арха́нгельск, p=ɐrˈxanɡʲɪlʲsk), also known in English as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. It lies on both banks of the Northern Dvina near ...

and in 1704 administrator of export tariffs for Arkhangelsk. Ides was one of the first early

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

ans to describe the Gobi Desert. In 1698, ''Dreijahrige Reise Nach China'', a German language description of the trip was first published with descriptions of Siberia and Northern China. His account appeared in French translation, along with a work by Dutch author

Cornelis de Bruijn Cornelis de Bruijn or Cornelius de Bruyn (; 16521726/7), also formerly known in English by his French language, French name Corneille Le Brun, was a Dutch artist and traveler. He made two large tours and published illustrated books with his obser ...

(1652-1727) in ''Voyage de Corneille Le Brun par la Moscovie, en Persia, et aux Indes Orientales'' (6 parts in 2 volumes), published in

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in 1718.

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Works about Evert Ysbrants Ides
WorldCat 1657 births 1708 deaths People from Schleswig-Holstein Danish merchants Danish explorers Danish travel writers Danish emigrants to Russia 17th-century Danish diplomats {{denmark-diplomat-stub