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Francesco Sambiasi, a Missing Link in European Map Making in China?

When the Jesuit missionaries began to work in China, they attracted the attention of the Chinese by introducing European knowledge. This is the context in which Jesuits such as Matteo Ricci, Giulio Aleni, Francesco Sambiasi and Ferdinand Verbiest made their Chinese-language world maps. Sambiasi was...

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Published in:Imago Mundi Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 29 - 47
Main Authors: Heirman, Ann, De Troia, Paolo, Parmentier, Jan
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2009
Subjects:
Maps
Jesuit missions
Missionaries
Ricci, Matteo, 1552-1610
Aleni, Giulio
Sambiasi, Francesco
Verbiest, Ferdinand, 1623-1688
China
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