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oapen-20.500.12657-892282024-04-03T02:24:57Z Chapter «Robbe d’Europa»: Global Connections and the Mailing of Letters, Money, and Merchandise in the Eighteenth-Century China Mission Menegon, Eugenio Global Connections China Catholic Mission Propaganda Fide: Jesuits thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History Manuscript reports and letters written in China by the Propaganda Fide and Jesuit missionaries criss-crossed the oceans and the continents to reach Europe on ships, carts, horses, mules, and palanquins, using both European systems of transportation provided by the various East India Companies and governments, and other local public and private postal arrangements. Missionary agencies also mailed from the West robbe d’Europa («European things»), such as silver coins, foodstuff and drugs (chocolate, wine, cheese, olive oil, tobacco), medicines, galanterie (luxury items), books, devotional objects and prints. Chinese goods (tea, silk, medicines, luxury items, books) were sent in the opposite direction to please patrons in Europe. Without this multi-layered, imperfect, yet workable mailing system, the flow of information and articles fuelling early modern globalisation and, within it, the Chinese missions, would have been impossible. 2024-04-02T15:50:16Z 2024-04-02T15:50:16Z 2023 chapter ONIX_20240402_9791221502428_197 2975-0261 9791221502428 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/89228 eng Connessioni. Studies in Transcultural History application/pdf n/a 9791221502428_03.pdf https://books.fupress.com/doi/capitoli/979-12-215-0242-8_3 Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0242-8.03 10.36253/979-12-215-0242-8.03 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9791221502428 2 18 Florence open access
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Manuscript reports and letters written in China by the Propaganda Fide and Jesuit missionaries criss-crossed the oceans and the continents to reach Europe on ships, carts, horses, mules, and palanquins, using both European systems of transportation provided by the various East India Companies and governments, and other local public and private postal arrangements. Missionary agencies also mailed from the West robbe d’Europa («European things»), such as silver coins, foodstuff and drugs (chocolate, wine, cheese, olive oil, tobacco), medicines, galanterie (luxury items), books, devotional objects and prints. Chinese goods (tea, silk, medicines, luxury items, books) were sent in the opposite direction to please patrons in Europe. Without this multi-layered, imperfect, yet workable mailing system, the flow of information and articles fuelling early modern globalisation and, within it, the Chinese missions, would have been impossible.
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