The Memory Palace of Matteo RicciThis book is not only a rich and compelling narrative about Ricci's life in Italy, India, and China, but also a significant work of global history, in which intellectual, social, military, maritime, and religious themes are drawn together, juxtaposing the world of Counter-Reformation Europe with that of Ming China. |
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Page 83
... boats had other rooms for retiring and sleeping , even kitchens and dispensaries : they “ could be taken for fine houses were they on land . " The boat specially built to sail on the Grand Canal linking Peking and Suzhou for the ...
... boats had other rooms for retiring and sleeping , even kitchens and dispensaries : they “ could be taken for fine houses were they on land . " The boat specially built to sail on the Grand Canal linking Peking and Suzhou for the ...
Page 90
... boat to carry them northward . But swiftly though they moved , they could not catch the official entourage , which by vir- tue of Scielou's rank could call on unlimited supplies of free boat- pulling labor to haul his huge boats ...
... boat to carry them northward . But swiftly though they moved , they could not catch the official entourage , which by vir- tue of Scielou's rank could call on unlimited supplies of free boat- pulling labor to haul his huge boats ...
Page 91
... boat to have a minor accident was the one carrying Scielou's consorts and children , which struck a rock and began to sink , but since this was an area of shoals and the boat was built high , it settled on the river bottom while the ...
... boat to have a minor accident was the one carrying Scielou's consorts and children , which struck a rock and began to sink , but since this was an area of shoals and the boat was built high , it settled on the river bottom while the ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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