Jean-Baptiste Du Halde
French historian
Jean-Baptiste Du Halde was a French Jesuit historian specializing in China. He did not travel to China, but collected seventeen Jesuit missionaries' reports and provided an encyclopedic survey of the history, culture and society of China and... Wikipedia
Born: February 1, 1674, Paris, France
Died: August 18, 1743 (age 69 years), Paris, France
Nationality: French
Books
The General History of China: Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet. Including an Exact and Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, Ceremon
1736
The General History of China: Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea and Thibet. Including an Exact and Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Religion, Arts and Sciences ... Done from the French of P. Du Halde ...
1739
The General History of China. Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea and Thibet of 4; Volume 4
The General History of China: Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, Chinese-Tartary, Corea, and Thibet. Including an Exact and Particular Account of Their Customs, Manners, Ceremonies, Religion, Arts and Sciences ...
1736
The General History of China. Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, the Third Edition of 4; Volume 4
The General History of China. Containing a Geographical, Historical, Chronological, Political and Physical Description of the Empire of China, the Third Edition of 4; Volume 3