A history of China based on the writings of the Jesuit Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688), mathematician, astrononer and missionary. Editor(s): Major, Richard Henry. Translator(s): Ellesemere, Earl of. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Hakluyt First Series. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250. . 2010. Paperback. . . . .

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Title: History of the Two Tartar Conquerors of China - Including the Two Journeys into Tartary of Father Ferdinand Verhiest, in the Suite of the Emperor Kanh-Hi
Publisher: Cambridge Library Collection
Publication Date: 2010
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1108008127
ISBN 13: 9781108008129
Binding: Soft cover
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The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. This history of China derives mainly from the writings of the Flemish Jesuit Ferdinand Verbiest (1623–1688), who was sent as a missionary to China, and eventually, despite violent opposition, became Head of the Mathematical Board and Director of the Beijing Observatory for the Kangxi Emperor. The introduction to this 1854 edition sketches the life of Verbiest and discusses the sources of the text; an appendix gives a description by Verbiest himself of a hunting expedition on which he accompanied the emperor.

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This history of China, published by the Hakluyt Society in 1854, is based mainly on the writings of the Jesuit Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688), a missionary who, despite violent opposition, became Head of the Mathematical Board and Director of the Beijing Observatory for the Kangxi Emperor.

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