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Michał Boym

Jesuit missionary into China · Scientists · Lived 1612 to 1659 · aged 47

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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Lived 1612 to 1659 · aged 47

Scientists born in the 1610s 6

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