Allegorical representation of the mission of the Jesuits in China and the geographical knowledge they acquired during this mission, Title page for: Martino Martini, Novus Atlas Sinensis, 1655, A man in a loincloth opens the gate to China. On the left is a group of putti with navigation instruments, a map of China and a globe focused on Southeast Asia. Above it, on the left, the monogram IHS radiates towards a personification of Christianity. She holds a mirror and reflects the rays towards a putto with a torch and lights it. There are putti with church attributes on clouds.

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