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 39
... merchants from the eastern and western oceans trade here . " Ricci did not add that Goa was also a central market for the opium trade , conducted there on a gi- gantic scale — one contemporary merchant casually mentions investing 2,100 ...
... merchants from the eastern and western oceans trade here . " Ricci did not add that Goa was also a central market for the opium trade , conducted there on a gi- gantic scale — one contemporary merchant casually mentions investing 2,100 ...
Page 125
... merchant , accompanied by an Ar- menian Christian convert named Isaac , in the train of four hundred or more Muslim merchants and pilgrims grouped together for protection . His journey was partly designed to open up a shorter route ...
... merchant , accompanied by an Ar- menian Christian convert named Isaac , in the train of four hundred or more Muslim merchants and pilgrims grouped together for protection . His journey was partly designed to open up a shorter route ...
Page 301
... merchant's account of the Southeast China trade and foreign participation therein , see Brook , " Merchant Network , " pp . 202 , 205-6 . A fine survey of the Chinese economy at this time , and the effect of silver , is given by Cheng ...
... merchant's account of the Southeast China trade and foreign participation therein , see Brook , " Merchant Network , " pp . 202 , 205-6 . A fine survey of the Chinese economy at this time , and the effect of silver , is given by Cheng ...
Contents
THE APOSTLE IN THE WAVES | 59 |
THE HUIHUI | 93 |
THE ROAD TO EMMAUS | 128 |
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