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Matteo Ricci's Precious Bequest to China
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Mia Turner
International Herald Tribune
11-10-2001
The curators of the Central Museum in Nanjing boarded the train with two long wooden boxes. Train attendants had been warned to give them special treatment. They traveled first class and rarely left their cabin during the overnight journey from Nanjing to Beijing.They had reason to be cautious. Their luggage included a large and elaborate map created 400 years ago by an Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci.It was the first public outing for the precious illustration since it was deposited in the museum in 1945. It had once been part of the Forbidden ...
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