P. Adam Schalinger a German, Mandarin of ye First Order (from Johannes Nieuhof's "An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China," London, 1669)
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Portrait of Adam Schalinger, whole length, standing slightly to left at a table, looking towards the viewer, dressed in ornate Chinese robe and hat, holding a pair of compasses in his right hand on top of an armillary sphere, and a sextant in his left hand; globe and large book on floor, map and instruments on wall behind at left, shelves of books at right; illustration to Johannes Nieuhof's 'An Embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China' (London: 1669, Kircher between pp.68-69).
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