The Maritime World of Early Jesuit Missionaries
The context which shaped the encounter between early modern Jesuit missionaries and China not only included Europe and East Asia, but also the long and often arduous maritime journey between these distant lands. CGCM faculty associate Eugenio Menegon is uncovering the importance of this journey on the cross-cultural encounter between Jesuits and China in a presentation at the International Symposium hosted by the Centro Científico e Cultural de Macau (Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre) in Lisbon, Portugal. The symposium, held on October 9-11, 2017, centers on the importance of the maritime context to the histories of China and Macau.