[Frontispiece to China illustrated by Athanasius Kircher]

Collection:: Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Publication:: Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2010]
Language(s):: English
Format:: Still image
Subject(s):: Christianity
Natural Science Disciplines
China
Genre(s):: Book Illustrations
Abstract:: St. Francis Xavier, St. Ignatius Loyola, Matteo Ricci, and Adam Schall, with angel holding map of Asia in a frontispiece from Kircher's La Chine. Cartographic and astronomical tools in corner foreground.
Copyright:: The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Related Title(s):: Hidden treasure and Is part of: Chine; See related catalog record: 2371043R
Extent:: 1 online resource (1 image)
NLM Unique ID:: 101595213 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:: A033255
Permanent Link:: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101595213

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