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248: 389: 36: 469:: however, this treatise has not survived. Although forced to move back to Beijing, Slavíček did not become isolated. Indeed, he was in frequent contact by letter with European scientists, such as Stéphane Souciet and 380:, where they joined with a Jesuit from Portugal. On 13 March 1716, they left for China. It took them 170 days to get there, surviving a major storm, during which many of their belongings were damaged. 423:
In 1717 Slavíček made the first precise map of Beijing, putting to use know-how obtained previously while working on the map of Prague. At the same time he clarified the latitude of
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soon became his hobby. During his studies in Prague Slavíček took part in making a precise map of the capital.
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they acquired local clothes and adopted local haircuts. On 3 February 1717, Slavíček was introduced to the
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Slavíček died after 18 years in China; he was succeeded by another Czech Jesuit, Jan Walter of
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in order to recover away from the city. Meanwhile, the
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After finishing studies in Prague he went to teach in
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Czech scientist and missionary to China (1678–1735)
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Archived from 526: 271:("By the Sun") on the main square in 494: 223:missionary and scientist, the first 13: 430:Slavíček soon became ill and left 14: 697: 686:Palacký University Olomouc alumni 656:Linguists from the Czech Republic 636:Czech Roman Catholic missionaries 551:"Český jezuita na čínském dvoře" 349:, finally also returning to the 215: 206: 198: 1: 487: 438:was succeeded in 1722 by the 299:in 1694. Later he studied at 255:, at which Slavíček obtained 167:Royal Court of Kangxi Emperor 110:Drawing first precise map of 641:Jesuit missionaries in China 237: 7: 383: 10: 702: 582:(in Czech). Archived from 453:rather fast. He worked on 184: 172: 162: 132: 125: 106: 96: 86: 67: 42: 33: 28: 21: 376:. Together they went to 355:Doctorate of Philosophy 291:, Slavíček entered the 557:(in Czech). 2009-02-26 401: 268: 260: 61:Margraviate of Moravia 449:Slavíček learned the 391: 351:University of Olomouc 347:University of Wrocław 301:Faculty of Philosophy 250: 101:University of Olomouc 671:18th-century Jesuits 661:Missionary linguists 651:Czech mathematicians 621:People from Jimramov 353:, where he obtained 666:Czech musicologists 471:Guillaume de L'Isle 326:, where he studied 322:. 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Jimramov
Margraviate of Moravia
Beijing
Czech
University of Olomouc
Beijing
Czech
sinologist
Cartography
Hebreistics
astronomy
mathematics
musicology
sinology
Royal Court of Kangxi Emperor
Doctoral advisor
Jakub Kresa
simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
Jesuit
Czech
sinologist
Beijing

Philosophical Faculty of Olomouc University
doctorate
Czech
Jimramov

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