Author: Van Tuyl, Charles D.

China illustrata. [China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis ... English]
Date1987
Publish_locationMuskogee, Okla.
PublisherIndian University Press, Bacone College
CollectionRicci Institute Library
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
ShelfStacks, Digital Archives, Seminar Room 102-103
Call NumberDS708.K513 1987
Descriptioniv, 228 p., [3] plates : ill., maps ; 28 cm.
Note

China illustrata / by Athanasius Kircher ; translated by Charles D. Van Tuyl from the 1677 original Latin edition.
English translation of: China monumentis qua sacris qua profanis ....
Includes t.p. from original 1667 ed.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-228).

***Graphic resource: Intrduced European audience to China Jesuits, Nestorian monument translation, Sino-Chaldean, Syro-Chaldean text, early romanization systems, Christianity in China, Christian missions, Marco Polo, Brahmins, Indian scripts, plants and exotica, Great Wall, Chinese characters.
Local access dig.pdf. [China Illustrata-English.pdf]

SubjectChina--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
ISBN0940392240
LCCN88210128