Sojourners in a strange land : Jesuits and their scientific missions in late imperial China /
Hsia, Florence C.
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Who was that masked man? -- Writing missions -- Telling missionary lives -- Making Jesuit science travel -- Reading Jesuit Voyages -- Jesuit academicians -- Observational fortunes -- Familiar letters and familiar faces.
Jesuits
Science