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Zhang, Qiong, 1964-

Making the new world their own : Chinese encounters with Jesuit science in the age of discovery / by Qiong Zhang. - 1 online resource (455 pages) : illustrations. - Scientific and Learned Cultures and Their Institutions, Volume 15 2352-1325 ; . - History of science and medicine library. Scientific and learned cultures and their institutions ; Volume 15. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Globalization, localization, and cultural resilience -- Mapping a contact zone -- Divergent discourses on the physical earth in premodern China -- The introduction and refashioning of the terraqueous globe -- Translating the four seas across space and time -- Taking in a new world -- Conclusion: Jesuit science and the shape of Chinese early modernity.

ISBN: 9789004284388

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Jesuits--Missions--History--China--17th century.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Science--History--China--17th century.
Cosmology, Chinese--History--17th century.
Cartography--History--China--17th century.
Geography--History--China--17th century.
East and West--History--17th century.
Scholars--History--China--17th century.
Jesuit scientists--History--China--17th century.
Intercultural communication--History--China--17th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China--Intellectual life--17th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: Q127.C5 / .Z436 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 509.51/09032