An Universal Genius: Louis XIV’s Jesuit Fathers in Peking
3rd Jan 2023 - Rare and Early Books
Early books on China: Over the 17th and 18th centuries, some hundreds of missionary priests made the hazardous voyage to
The Wesleyan missionary the Rev John Bumby had a sadly short life in New Zealand, arriving in the Hokianga in 1839 with his beekeeping sister Mary, and drowning with most of the Māori crew close to Tiritiri Matangi in the Hauraki Gulf, on what seemed to be a fine winter’s day in the following year. He wasn’t alone in loosing his life in New Zealand’s often turbulent waters, a syndrome that came to be known as the New Zealand disease or illness. You can read about Bumby and others in the attached article.
3rd Jan 2023 - Rare and Early Books
Early books on China: Over the 17th and 18th centuries, some hundreds of missionary priests made the hazardous voyage to
8th Apr 2025 - Rare and Early Books
Amidst the excitement around the publication of accounts of the Macartney embassy to China in the 1790s, another book appeared