Matteo Ricci
Subtitle: A Jesuit in the Ming Court
By: Michela Fontana
Publisher: ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD PUBLISHERS, INC.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781442205864; 9781442205888
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: Jesuits; Biography; History
Work titles: Matteo Ricci
Description: A biography of Matteo Ricci, an Italian and the first Jesuit missionary to China, who is credited as an outstanding cultural mediator between China and the West and performed important scientific work.
Notes: Translation of: Matteo Ricci / Michela Fontana. -- Milano : Mondadori, c2005. -- 347 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.