China at the center : Ricci and Verbiest world maps

Book 2016

"Global exploration in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries led to new interactions between Europe and Asia. Jesuit priests were instrumental in spreading knowledge of the world to China and information about China to Europe. China at the Center focuses on two masterpieces of seventeenth-century map-making that illustrate this exchange of information (and misinformation). The first map is the Kunyu wanguo quantu, or Map of the Ten Thousand Cou...

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Jesuits Missions China History 17th century Maps

Ricci, Matteo, 1552-1610. Kun yu wan guo quan tu Exhibitions

Verbiest, Ferdinand, 1623-1688. Works. Selections Exhibitions

World maps Early works to 1800 Exhibitions