edited by Luís Saraiva (University of Lisbon, Portugal)

This book explores the interaction between Europe and East Asia between the 16th and the 18th centuries in the field of mathematical sciences, bringing to the fore the role of Portugal as an agent of transmission of European science to East Asia. It is an important contribution to understanding this fundamental period of scientific history, beginning with the arrival of Vasco da Gama in India in 1498 and ending with the expulsion of the Society of Jesus from Portugal in 1759. The former event opened a new era in relations between Europe and Asia, in particular regarding the circulation of scientific knowledge, leading to major social and intellectual changes in both continents. The Society of Jesus controlled education in Portugal and in the Empire. It was central to the network of knowledge transmission until the Society was expelled from Portugal in 1759.

The proceedings have been selected for coverage in:

• Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings® (ISSHP® / ISI Proceedings)

• Index to Social Sciences & Humanities Proceedings (ISSHP CDROM version / ISI Proceedings)

• Foreword (L Saraiva)
• Macau: An Intercultural Frontier in the Ming Period (L F Barreto)
• Survey and Study of pre-1900 Chinese Maps seen in Europe (X Li)
• Western Knowledge of Geography Reflected in Juan Cobo's Shilu (1593) (D Liu)
• The Continuing Influence of the Portuguese: “A New Interpretation of World Geography” (Q Wang)
• Teachers of Mathematics in China: the Jesuits and their Textbooks (1580–1723) (C Jami)
• News from China in Sixteenth Century Europe: the Portuguese Connection (R Loureiro)
• The Indianization of Spain in the 16th Century (J Gil)
• Jesuit Observations and Star-Mappings in Beijing as the Transmission of Scientific Knowledge (K Hashimoto)
• The Compilation of the Lixiang Kaochenghoubian, its Origin, Sources, and Social Context (Q Han)
• A Japanese Reaction to Aristotelian Cosmology (T Yoshida)
• Portugal and Korea: Obscure Connections in the Pre-Modern Sciences Before 1900 (S-R Park)
• Translations of Portuguese texts into Konkani and Konkani Compositions into Portuguese, with Educational Influence on Literature and Art and the Transfer of Technology (J Velinkar)