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The Peking Observatory, illustration from Jean Baptiste du Halde's 'Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et...

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The Peking Observatory, illustration from Jean Baptiste du Halde's 'Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise', 1785 (engraving)
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1785 AD (C18th AD)
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Jean Baptiste du Halde (1674-1743) Jesuit historian, he complied his 'Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique, et physique de l'Empire de la Chine et de la Tartarie chinoise' from the reports of Jesuit missionairies in China. Image shows the Ancient Observatory in Beijing, built in 1442.

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15th century / astronomy / China / Asia / politique / chronical / physique / record / astronomical / globe / historique / empire / physical / peking / description / sphere / azimuthal / observatory / political / celestial / astronomy / instruments / quadrant / equinoctial / chinese / zodiacal / history / chinoise / illustration / halde / 1442 / beijing / tartarie / horizona / géographique / sextant / halde's / instrument / jean-baptiste / chronologique / l'empire

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