Article ID: CBB001030618

The Human Body as a Universe: Understanding Heaven by Visualization and Sensibility in Jesuit Cartography in China (2007)

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Description On the religious meaning of Jesuit world maps produced in China.


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Authors & Contributors
Cams, Mario
Windmuller-Luna, Kristen
Charles E. Ronan
Mori, Giuliano
Joseph A. Gagliano
Stephen Whiteman
Journals
Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography
Journal of Jesuit Studies
Physics in Perspective
Journal of Asian Studies
Intellectual History Review
História, Ciências, Saúde---Manguinhos
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Brill
Vanderbilt University Press
University of Chicago Press
Johns Hopkins University Press
Institutum Historicum S.I.
Concepts
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Missionaries and missions
Science and religion
Transmission of ideas
Cartography
Mathematics
People
Ricci, Matteo
Xu, Guangqi
Verbiest, Ferdinand
Schall von Bell, Johann Adam
Kangxi, Emperor of China
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
18th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
Early modern
Places
China
Americas
Paraguay
Amazon River Region (South America)
Argentina
Europe
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Académie Royale des Sciences (France)
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