he was actually chosen by the Emperor for hismusical skills. Pereira wrote a short account of this trip. This little known manuscriptwritten in Portuguese is preserved at the ARSI archive in Rome. In this account Pereira givessome geographical descriptions of Tartary as well as of the Great Wall; the great manoeuvresof the imperial hunting and his relationship with the Emperor are also widely described.; Father Pereira went toTartary at least four times, the most important and widely known tripsare those of 1688 and 1689 which he was chosen for along with Gerbillon as a member ofthe Chinese delegation for the peace negotiations with Russia to be held in Nerchinsk.As is known Kangxi was accustomed to be accompanied during his trips outside theGreat Wall ad res solatium et res literarias by the Jesuit Fathers. In 1685 Pereira accom-panied Kangxi on a hunting trip to Tartary
Pereira’s Trip to Tartary in 1685 / Antonucci, Davor. - STAMPA. - (2012), pp. 115-134. (Intervento presentato al convegno History of Mathematical Sciences: Portugal and East Asia IV. Europe and China: Science and Arts in 17-18 Centuries tenutosi a Pechino nel 6-8 novembre 2008) [10.1142/9789814390446_0006].
Pereira’s Trip to Tartary in 1685
ANTONUCCI, DAVOR
2012
Abstract
he was actually chosen by the Emperor for hismusical skills. Pereira wrote a short account of this trip. This little known manuscriptwritten in Portuguese is preserved at the ARSI archive in Rome. In this account Pereira givessome geographical descriptions of Tartary as well as of the Great Wall; the great manoeuvresof the imperial hunting and his relationship with the Emperor are also widely described.; Father Pereira went toTartary at least four times, the most important and widely known tripsare those of 1688 and 1689 which he was chosen for along with Gerbillon as a member ofthe Chinese delegation for the peace negotiations with Russia to be held in Nerchinsk.As is known Kangxi was accustomed to be accompanied during his trips outside theGreat Wall ad res solatium et res literarias by the Jesuit Fathers. In 1685 Pereira accom-panied Kangxi on a hunting trip to TartaryI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
