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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2019-12-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000967b.htm person Verbiest Ferdinand AACR2 Place of Birth Flanders Cartographer Astronomer Ferdinand Verbiest, of Flemish origin, was part of the successful Jesuit mission to China in the early seventeenth century. He was made President of the Astronomical Board and produced text-books on astronomy and a world map for the Chinese Emperor.

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 Verbiest, Ferdinand (1623-1688)

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 'Verbiest, Ferdinand', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Verbiest, Ferdinand Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Ferdinand Verbiest - Records National Library of Australia Pictures Collection Ferdinand Verbiest - Records MAP RM 3499/1-2 1670 - 1674 The world map was produced in two hemispheres, each 1.75 metres in diameter and was published as a wood-cut print in 1674. The library has a map thought to be one of the possibly several manuscript versions upon which the wood-cut copies were based. It came into the library in the 1920s from W. Hardy Wilson, the architect and artist, who spent some time travelling in China but the map was not identified until 1970. It has undergone extensive conservation work but is available for study. 1 map