Author: MELIS, Giorgio ed.
Title: Martino Martini. Geografi, Cartografo, Storico, Teologo. Trento 1614. Hangzhou 1661. Atti del Convegno Internazionale. Edizione bilingue italiano-inglese. Italian-English Edition.
Description: Provincia autonoma di Trento e Museo Tridentino di scienze naturali, Trento, 1983. Paperback. 4to. Good condition. Collection of papers in Italian and English including The cartographic vailidity and success of Martino Martini's Atlas Sinensis; Nature and landscape in the descriptions of Martino Martini; Problematic questions on geography revelaed by an examination of the Novus atlas Sinensis; Martini's outstanding contribution to the geographical knowledge of China in the seventeenth century; Christianity in China according to the Brevis relatio; Historical and cultural reasons of the controversy over Chinese Rites; Martino Martini's travels in China etc. B/W and col. photos/illus. 583pp.

Keywords: cartography 17th seveneenth century history social mapmaking china chinese italian italy exploration religion religious geography map maps martino martini social sociology