Education
He worked together with Matteo Ricci, who later completed his work on the Zhifang waiji, China"s first global atlas.
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Astronomer cartographer religious
He worked together with Matteo Ricci, who later completed his work on the Zhifang waiji, China"s first global atlas.
His name also appears in some sources as Didaco Pantoia. He was then sent to the Ming dynasty"s southern capital, Nanjing, where he stayed from March 1600. Together, they left Nanjing on 19 May 1600 and arrived at the Ming dynasty"s Northern and overall capital, Beijing, on 24 January 1601.
He worked in Beijing for many years, among others, as a musician, astronomer (with calendar corrections) and geographer (working with latitude).