The Westerner: Matteo Ricci's World Map and the Quandaries of European Identity in the Late Ming Dynasty
Beginning with the late Ming dynasty, Europeans in China assumed the name of “people from the Great Western Ocean” (Daxiyang ren 大西洋人), often shortened to “Ocean people” (yang ren 洋人) or “Western people” (xi ren 西人). What is the origin of this name? This paper seeks to answer this question by sugges...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 14-30 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AF Geography of religion KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBM Asia |
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cartographic politics
B Ming Dynasty B world maps B Kunyu wanguo quantu B Matteo Ricci B the West B Western identity in China |
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