Thanks to Paula Findlen, the audience, and all our sponsors for a fantastic conclusion to the ORBI 2015-16 lecture series, with a talk on the global networks behind Athanasius Kircher’s China illustrata. Here are some photos and call numbers of select rare works from the display.       Kircher and Competitors. Athanasius Kircher, Athanasii […]

Arnoldus Montanus, Atlas Chinensis: being a second part of A relation of remarkable passages in two embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces to the Vice-Roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East-Tartary, trans. John Ogilby (London: Johnson, 1671), 701. UO Special Collections and University Archives, Warner […]