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Jesuit Missionary Matteo Ricci |
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| Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci, left, arrived in China in 1583 and became the most eminent Jesuit in the country. Ricci studied Chinese and wrote and translated in the language. He also preached and taught science to his hosts. | ||||||
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| Exploration, Geographic; China; Ricci, Matteo | ||||||
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