The Jesuits and the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nerchinsk (1689)
Subtitle: The diary of Thomas Pereira.
Contributors: Pereira, Thomas, 1645-1708.
Series: Bibliotheca Instituti Historici S.I.,; v. 18; Bibliotheca Instituti Historici S.I. ;; v. 18.
Publisher: Institutum Historicum S.I.
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Rome
Language: eng; pol
Number of pages: 341
Subjects: Jesuits -- China.; China -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- China.
Table of contents: title: Bibliography (p.[xiii]-xxxv); title: Introduction to Father Pereira's diary: Russia's eastward expansion.; title: China's relations toward the "northern regions."; title: Embassies and military operations between Russia and China before 1689.; title: Interest of the Jesuits in early Sino-Russion relations.; title: The role of the Jesuits at Nerchinsk.; title: After the Treaty of Nerchinsk.; title: Father Thomas Pereira, the manuscripts of his diary and general observations concerning its contents.; title: Text of the treaty contained in the diary.; title: Our edition - The original Portuguese text and the English translation of Father Pereira's diary.; title: Apendices (p.[304]-319): l. List of the Ural-Altaic peoples in the seventeenth century. 2. List of Chinese characters.