Mission to China : Matteo Ricci and the Jesuit encounter with the East
Laven, Mary, 1969-2011
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Mary Laven tells the extraordinary story of the first Jesuit mission to China. Confronting enormous challenges, the Italian priest Matteo Ricci and a tiny handful of learned companions travelled thousands of miles from southern Europe to the very heart of the empire.
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London : Faber, 2011.
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xv, 279 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.), col. ports. ; 23 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571225170 (hbk)
Dewey class:
266.2'51266.251
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English
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BRN:
1220461
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