Individual itineraries and the circulation of scientific and technical knowledge in East Asia (16th–20th centuries)

Birth in Trento

Enters the Society of Jesus in Rome

Studies rhetoric in Rome

Writes an "Indipeta" letter

Studies philosophy at the Roman College

Boarding at Genoa for Portugal

Second "Indipeta" letter accepted

Studies at the Jesuit College

Writes a letter to Kircher from Evora

Writes a letter to Kircher from Coimbra telling about the failure of his first journey

Board the Na. Sra d'Atalaia in Lisbon

Passes through Goa

Leaves Goa for Macao

In Macao

Missionary in Hangzhou, Zhejiang

In Nanjing

Leaves Hangzhou, invaded by the Manchus for Yanping

In Lanxi, Zhejiang after the fall of the Longwu Emperor

In Hangzhou, Zhejiang

In Beijing, with Schall

In Anhai, Fujian on his way to Rome as procurator of the China mission

In the Philippines

Lands in Bergen, Norway

Travels: Hamburg, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels

Publication of De Bello Tartarico in Antwerp

The Antwerp publisher Plantin Moretus publishes the first edition of the De Bello Tartarico

Letter to General Nickel, Brussels

Letter to Kircher, Brussels

Letter to F. Forer, Rome

Publication of Novus Atlas Sinensis in Amsterdam, by Blaeu

Letter to General Nickel, Genoa

Letter to Kircher, Genoa

Boards the Bom Jesus da Vidigueira from Lisbon

Publication of Sinicae Historiae Decas Prima in Munich

J. Wagner publishes the first edition of Sinicae Historiae in Munich

Letter to the Germany Assistant from Macao

In Hangzhou

Death in Hangzhou