Zhang, Qiong,  1964- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789004284388 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Jesuits--Missions--History--China--17th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Science--History--China--17th century.<br/>Cosmology, Chinese--History--17th century.<br/>Cartography--History--China--17th century.<br/>Geography--History--China--17th century.<br/>East and West--History--17th century.<br/>Scholars--History--China--17th century.<br/>Jesuit scientists--History--China--17th century.<br/>Intercultural communication--History--China--17th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>China--Intellectual life--17th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Q127.C5  / .Z436 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>509.51/09032