Remapping the World in East Asia: Toward a Global History of the "Ricci Maps"

When European missionaries arrived in East Asia in the sixteenth century, they entered ongoing conversations about cosmology and world geography. Soon after, intellectuals in Ming China, Edo Japan, and Joseon Korea selectively encompassed elements of the late Renaissance worldview, leading to the creation of new artifacts that mitigated old and new knowledge in creative ways. Simultaneously, missionaries and their collaborators transcribed, replicated,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824895045
• ISBN13: 9780824895044
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 10.2"