Making the new world their own : Chinese encounters with Jesuit science in the age of discovery /

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"In Making the New World Their Own, Qiong Zhang offers a systematic study of how Chinese scholars in the late Ming and early Qing came to understand that the Earth is shaped as a globe. This notion arose from their encounters with Matteo Ricci, Giulio Aleni and other Jesuits. These encounters f...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Zhang, Qiong, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden : Brill, [2015]
Series:History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; v. 15.
Subjects:
Jesuits > Missions > China > History > 17th century.
Jesuits.
1600-1699
Science > China > History > 17th century.
Cosmology, Chinese > History > 17th century.
Cartography > China > History > 17th century.
Geography > China > History > 17th century.
Scholars > China > History > 17th century.
Jesuit scientists > China > History > 17th century.
Intercultural communication > China > History > 17th century.
East and West > History > 17th century.
Sciences > Chine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Cartographie > Chine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Géographie > Chine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Savants > Chine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Scientifiques jésuites > Chine > Histoire > 17e siècle.
SCIENCE > History.
Cartography.
Cosmology, Chinese.
East and West.
Geography.
Intellectual life.
Intercultural communication.
Jesuit scientists.
Missions.
Scholars.
Science.
China > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Chine > Vie intellectuelle > 17e siècle.
China.
History.
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