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Download or read book History of the Two Tartar Conquerors of China written by Pierre Joseph d' Orléans and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history of China derives mainly from the writings of the Flemish Jesuit Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-1688), who was sent as a missionary to China, and eventually, despite violent opposition, became Head of the Mathematical Board and Director of the Beijing Observatory for the Kangxi Emperor. The introduction to this 1854 edition sketches the life of Verbiest and discusses the sources of the text; an appendix gives a description by Verbiest himself of a hunting expedition on which he accompanied the emperor.--Provided by Amazon.com.