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US and the UK 'to carry out airstrikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen within HOURS': White House warned of 'consequences' after cargo ships were targeted in Red Sea
Joint US and British forces shot down 18 drones and three missiles launched by the Houthis late Tuesday in what London described as their biggest attack so far in solidarity with Palestinians in Hamas-ruled Gaza . And Antony Blinken warned of 'consequences' if the Houthis in Yemen do not stop attacking ships in the Red Sea, and called on Iran to end their support for the rebels. The Secretary of State was in Bahrain on Wednesday as part of his week-long tour aimed at working on the Middle East crisis. He has visited Israel and Saudi Arabia, and on Thursday will arrive in Egypt.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12953259/US-UK-airstrikes-against-Iran-backed-Houthi-rebels-Yemen.html
>rainbow bombs don't work that well in stony deserts.
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The Houthis, based in Yemen, have been firing rockets, drones and missiles north towards Israel, interrupting Red Sea shipping
"Kunyu Wanguo Quantu" by Matteo Ricci (1602)
Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (1602), Japanese copy Main article: Kunyu Wanguo Quantu Kunyu Wanguo Quantu (Chinese: 坤輿萬國全圖; lit. 'A Map of the Myriad Countries of the World'; Italian: Carta Geografica Completa di tutti i Regni del Mondo, "Complete Geographical Map of all the Kingdoms of the World"), printed by Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci at the request by Wanli Emperor in 1602, is the first known European-styled Chinese world map (and the first Chinese map to show the Americas). The map is in Classical Chinese, with detailed annotations and descriptions of various regions of the world, a brief account of the discovery of the Americas, polar projections, scientific explanation of parallels and meridians, and proof that the Sun is bigger than the Moon. Following Chinese cartographical convention, Ricci placed China ("the Middle Kingdom") at the centre of the world. This map is a significant mark of the expansion of Chinese knowledge of the world, and an important example of cultural syncretism directly between Europe and China. It was also exported to Korea and Japan as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_world_maps#%22Kunyu_Wanguo_Quantu%22_by_Matteo_Ricci_%281602%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kunyu_Wanguo_Quantu_(%E5%9D%A4%E8%BC%BF%E8%90%AC%E5%9C%8B%E5%85%A8%E5%9C%96).jpg
Wanguo Quantu or the Complete Map of the Myriad Countries is a map developed in the 1620s by the Jesuit Giulio Aleni in Ming China following the earlier work of Matteo Ricci, who was the first Jesuit to speak Chinese and to publish maps of the world in Chinese from 1574 to 1603. Aleni modified Ricci's maps to accommodate Chinese demands for a Sinocentric projection, placing the "Middle Kingdom" at the center of the visual field
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanguo_Quantu
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/Wanguo_Quantu.jpg
Friday, October 30, 2009
Opening of Vatican Exhibit on Jesuit Missioner Matteo Ricci
A proficient cartographer, Father Ricci was perhaps most appreciated for the maps of the world he made for the Chinese, who at the time had little knowledge of the other continents, said Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums and head curator of the exhibit.
https://archbishopterry.blogspot.com/2009/10/opening-of-vatican-exhibit-on-jesuit.html
A Wider World, II - How Rome Went to China
https://www.ibiblio.org/expo/vatican.exhibit/exhibit/i-rome_to_china/Rome_to_china.html
Copy of the 1602 map Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, created by Matteo Ricci at the request of the Wanli Emperor. [1400x629]
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/mjbpo/copy_of_the_1602_map_kunyu_wanguo_quantu_created/
Bigger image at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kunyu_Wanguo_Quantu_%28%E5%9D%A4%E8%BC%BF%E8%90%AC%E5%9C%8B%E5%85%A8%E5%9C%96%29.jpg
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Title:
Kunyu wanguo quantu
(Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth)
Alternative Title:
Ricci Map
Description:
Kunyu wanguo quantu, or Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth, is the oldest surviving map in Chinese to show the Americas. It is a xylograph (wood block print) on six panels of fine native paper (made with bamboo fiber), each panel measuring approximately 608.33 mm x 1820 mm (2 feet by 5.75 feet). Li Zhizao (1565-1630), a Chinese mathematician, astronomer and geographer, who worked on the project with Ricci, may have engraved the map. It was printed by Zhang Wentao of Hangzhou, possibly an official printer of the Ming court.
Date Created:
1602
Creator:
Ricci, Mateo, 1552-1610
Contributor:
Zhizao, Li, 1565-1630; Wentao, Zhang (Printer)
Notes:
A Jesuit priest, Matteo Ricci (1553-1610) arrived in China in 1583 and, with fellow Jesuit Michele Ruggieri, established the first Christian mission. In 1597, Ricci was named Superior or head of the entire Jesuit missionary effort in China. His world map is a true collaboration between the European scholars of the Jesuit mission and the Chinese scholars and artisans of the imperial court. Vivid descriptions of the continents, praise of the Chinese emperor, lunar charts, and scientific tables documenting the movement of the planets adorn the map, a unique representation of East-West relations in the early 17th-century. This Ricci map is among six known complete examples of the 1602 printing; this is the only one in the Americas. The six examples: Vatican Apostolic Library Collection I; Japan Kyoto University Collection; collection of Japan Miyagi Prefecture Library; Collection of the Library of the Japanese Cabinet; Paris, France (in private hands); James Ford Bell Library at the University of Minnesota.
https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll251:8823