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Michał Boym

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Jesuit missionary into China

ScientistsLived 1612 to 1659 · aged 47

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Michał Piotr Boym, SJ was a Polish Jesuit missionary, scientist, and explorer active in China during the 17th century.

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Drawings of Chinese fruit trees from Michał Boym's Briefve Relation de la Chine (Paris, 1654). Depicted are Cinnamomum cassia, the durian, and a variety of banana (or plantain) tree, with their Chinese names.

Drawings of Chinese fruit trees from Michał Boym's Briefve Relation de la Chine (Paris, 1654). Depicted are Cinnamomum cassia, the durian, and a variety of banana (or plantain) tree, with their Chinese names.

A sumxu (松鼠) chasing a green-haired turtle (綠毛龜), from Boym’s Flora Sinensis (1656).

A sumxu (松鼠) chasing a green-haired turtle (綠毛龜), from Boym’s Flora Sinensis (1656).

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FatherPaweł Jerzy Boym

Scientists born in the 1610s 6

Jeremiah Horrocks52.5

Martino Martini49.8

Francesco Maria Grimaldi54.3 Nicolaes Visscher44.2

Johannes Hevelius56.5

William Gascoigne43.5

About this person

Category

Scientists

Type

Scientist

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1612 to 1659 · aged 47

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