Rites, Ministry of, 205–6, 258, 274
Roman College, 22–3, 26, 31, 84, 126, 217, 234
Rome, 16, 19–24, 26, 40, 85–6, 92, 103, 202, 225, 228, 230, 237–9, 246, 264, 267, 280–1, 284–5
Ruggieri, Michele, 25–7, 30–1, 33, 35–7, 39–57, 59, 61–2, 69–70, 75, 77–9, 83–6, 106–7, 129, 263–4
Ruscelli, Girolamo, 196
Russia, 14, 246, 256, 277, 286
Sacrifice, Imperial, 57–8, 176
Samarkand and Bokhara, Khan of, 242
Santa Severina, Cardinal di, 215
Sarik-Abdal, 248
Schall von Bell, Johann Adam, 276–7
Seres, 10, 20
Seven Cities, Isle of the, 10
Sèvres, 278
Shangchwan Island, 14
Shanghai, 210, 266
Shansi, 222–4
Shantung, 153
Shen Ta-kuan, 206–7
Shih Hsing, 108–15, 119–20, 124–5
Shih Huang-ti, 179
Shiuchow, 91–2, 94–110, 114–16, 124, 138, 149, 169, 198, 210, 213, 262, 265, 269
Shiuhing, 36–7, 39, 42–91, 93, 95–6, 99, 105, 108, 119, 122, 124, 138, 155, 169, 214, 229, 262, 264, 271
Shorchuk, 248
Shun, Emperor, 259
Siam, 32, 42, 184, 187, 256
Simeon, canticle of, 239, 252
Sinae, 10, 12–13
Singapore, Straits of, 255
Solomon, 10
Soochow, 134–6, 138
Spain, 22, 37, 76–7, 129, 184, 277
Spaniards, 34, 77, 228, 280
Suchow, 250–3
Sulei River, 250
Sumatra, 32, 73
Sumeru, Mt., 139
Summa theologica, 28–9
Syria, 12
Szechwan, 131
Tacitus, 20
Tagus, 24–5, 271
Takla Makan, 248
Tallik, 248
T’ang dynasty, 256
Tangi-tar, 244
Tanyang, 135–6
Taoism, 59, 73, 105, 142, 150, 206
Tartars, 34, 56, 61, 116, 121, 141, 158, 184, 223, 266, 276–7
Tartary, 277
Tash-kurghan, 244
Teskan, 242
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 160, 168
Thin, 10, 13
Thomas Aquinas, St., 29
Thomas the Apostle, St., 10, 14
Tiber, 271
Tibet, 184, 217, 247
Tibetan king, 246
Tientsin, 157, 159–60, 251, 271
Tigris, 9
Tolentino, 21
Tournon, Charles de, 281–2
Tower of High Fortune, 45, 52, 54,
Tractatus de Sphaera (Holywood), 197
Travancore, 237
Trent, Council of, 18, 20
Ts’ai Hsü-t’ai, 181–4, 186, 191–3, 204
Tsining, 153
Tungchow, 132
Turkestan, 11–12, 184, 244, 256
Ugen, 248
Valignano, Alessandro, 21, 23, 30–1, 33–7, 47–8, 59, 75, 84–6, 99, 106–8, 129, 198–202, 208, 227–8, 234, 263, 265
Van, Lake, 12
Vandals, 283
Vayer, La Mothe le, 278
Venice, 77, 117, 135, 184, 238
Viegas, Gaspar, 37
Virgil, 19, 103, 217
Voltaire, 278
Wall, Great, 179, 250
Wang Chung-ming, 130–4, 136–8
Wang P’an, 36, 41, 43, 46–51, 54–5, 61–3, 66–71, 74–5, 77–9, 82–4, 88–9, 264, 269
Wan Li, 76–7, 85, 108, 125, 129, 133, 151–7, 159, 161–77, 179–84, 186–95, 204–7, 213–14, 218, 232, 235, 257–8, 265–6, 271, 274–6
War, Minister of (Hsiao Ta-heng), 210
Western River, 39, 45, 62, 91, 108, 287
Willoughby, Sir Hugh, 14
Worcester, 278
Wu, King, 200
Xavier, Jerónimo, 238–9, 252, 255
Xavier, St. Francis, 13–15, 18, 23, 27–9, 34–5, 56,79, 228, 238, 263
Yangchow, 134, 153
Yangtze, 115–16, 121, 131, 172, 271
Yao, semi-legendary Emperor, 259
Yarkand, 244–8, 252
Yellow River, 44, 271
Yemen, 12
Yen Fu, 285
Yu, disciple of Confucius, 219
Yung Lo, 185
Zoroaster, 9
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