Vittorio Zonca
Encyclopedia
Padua
Padua is a city and comune in the Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Padua and the economic and communications hub of the area. Padua's population is 212,500 . The city is sometimes included, with Venice and Treviso, in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area, having...
in 1607, four years after his death.
Some of his plates were translated into Chinese by Johann Schreck
Johann Schreck
Johann Schreck, also Terrenz or Terrentius Constantiensis, Deng Yuhan Hanpo, Deng Zhen Lohan, was a German Jesuit, missionary to China and polymath...
and published in the 1627 Chinese book on European mechanical arts Diagrams and explanations of the wonderful machines of the Far West
Diagrams and explanations of the wonderful machines of the Far West
Diagrams and explanations of the wonderful machines of the Far West was an encyclopedia of Western mechanical devices translated into Chinese by the Jesuit Johann Schreck , and the Chinese scholar Wang Zheng...
.