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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