Jean-Baptiste Du Halde (Chinese: 杜赫德, Pinyin: Dù Hèdé; 1 February 1674 – 18 August 1743) was a French Jesuit historian specializing in China. He did not...
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Chinese-Tartary together with the kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet by Jean-Baptiste Du Halde. In 1741, he went on to write The General History of China Containing...
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or musk essence may be added to either types of inks. In 1738, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde described the Chinese manufacturing process for lampblack from oil...
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Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist buʁgiɲɔ̃ dɑ̃vil]; born in Paris 11 July 1697 – 28 January 1782) was a French geographer...
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Oblast - the History. The peoples of the Amur Land) (in Russian) Du Halde, Jean-Baptiste (1735). Description géographique, historique, chronologique, politique...
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by Jean-Baptiste Du Halde in 1735, with English editions appearing in 1736 or 1738. The letters were later again published by Abbé Jean-Baptiste Grosier...
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of the original play for Étienne Fourmont, a French orientalist. Jean-Baptiste Du Halde included Prémare's translation as part of his Description de la...
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manner of Dress is subject to many changes — Jean-Baptiste du Halde, French Jesuit Historian Du Halde's claims of the static fashion of China was later...
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Pierre du Halde was a French soldier who was the second governor of the French colony on Saint Christopher Island between 1636 and 1638. Du Halde was a...
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centuries (e.g., as seen in Description ... de la Chine compiled by Jean-Baptiste Du Halde); for example, "Yanzhou Fou" is "Yen-tcheou-fou" in both cases....
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