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

Name: 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
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From the French of Pere Pierre Joseph D'Orleans; to Which is Added Father Pereira's Journey into Tartary in the Suite of the Same Emperor, from the Dutch of Nicholaas Witsen

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Cambridge Library Collection- Hakluyt First Series

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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 The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India.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.

Release date NZ

April 8th, 2010

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Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributors

Edited by Richard Henry Major
Translated by Earl of Ellesemere

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

black & white illustrations

Imprint

Cambridge University Press

Pages

188

Publisher

Cambridge Library Collection

Series

Cambridge Library Collection- Hakluyt First Series

Dimensions

140x216x11

ISBN-13

9781108008129

Product ID

6399231

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