Pleasing the Emperor: Revisiting the Figured Chinese Manuscript of Matteo Ricci's Maps

Aside from John Day’s important survey of the figured manuscript copies of Matteo Ricci’s map, there has been little investigation of the reasons they were made, the sources of their content or how they circulated. Key to understanding these maps is the text Zhifang waiji [職方外紀] (1623) edited by Giu...

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Main Author: Fangyi, Cheng (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-43
RelBib Classification:AF Geography of religion
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Sabatino de Ursis
B cartographic politics
B Ming Dynasty
B world maps
B Giulio Aleni
B Kunyu wanguo quantu
B Matteo Ricci
B Yang Tingyun
B Diego de Pantoja
B Wanli Emperor
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