Memoirs of Father Ripa, during Thirteen Years' Residence at the Court of Peking in the Service of the Emperor of China
Subtitle: With an account of the foundation ... for the education of young Chinese at Naples
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Published: July 26, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9781402188800
Subjects: Asia,history,Naples,Chinese College,Missions,China,description,travel,Peking,court,Emperor,Matteo Ripa,Father Ripa; Biography & Autobiography / Religious; Travel / Africa
First sentence: IN the year 1700, as I was strolling one day about the streets of Naples in search of amusement, I came to the open space before the Viceregal Palace just at the moment when a Franciscan friar, mounted on a bench, began to address the people.