Sample of Ricci Archives

Early European depictions of Chinese “cong fu” (i.e. gongfu or kung-fu 功夫) exercises J.-J.-M Amiot S.J., Mémoires concernant l’histoire, les sciences, les arts ….des Chinois (1776)

Map of China and Korea (Bellin, 1755); based on Jesuit maps

Imperii Sinarum (Cluver, 1697). Note the colorful cartouche believed to depict making Dutch chocolate