cancellation postmark. Several more stamps were issued in Macau, in 1989 and 1999, featuring a sketch by Verbiest of the Observatory in Peking, where he worked. See also Christianity in China History of steam road vehicles Jesuit China missions List of Belgians List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics Religion in China Roman Catholicism in China Notes References Brucker, Joseph. The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912, Robert Appleton Company. Spence, Jonathan D. (1988). Emperor of China: Self-Portrait of K'ang-hsi. New York: Vintage Books, a Division of Random House. Further reading The Oldest Precursor of the Automobile – Ferdinand Verbiest's Steam Turbine-Powered Vehicle Model – Horst O. Hardenberg – Society of Automotive Engineers (Feb 1995, 32 pages) Ickx, V., Ainsi naquit l'automobile, Lausanne, 1961. Blondeau, R. A., Mandariin en astronoom aan het hof van de Chinese Keizer, Bruges, 1970. Witek, J. W. (ed), F. Verbiest, Jesuit Missionary, Scientist, Engineer and Diplomat, Nettetal, 1994. Golvers, N. (ed), The Christian Mission in China in the Verbiest era, Louvain, 1999. External links Ferdinand Verbiest, a Jesuit scientist in China (Fairfield University) The Verbiest Map – map of the world printed on silk around 1674 (now part of the collections of the National Library of Australia) Brumm promotional photograph of the 1:43 steam vehicle model – (From Internet Archive) Typus eclipsis lunæ – Description of the lunar eclipse of 25 March 1671 (Ghent University Library) – Babelfish literal auto-translation of caption: "First vehicle moved from one turbine. In the model the gears work truly!" Jesuit missionaries in China Flemish priests Flemish Roman Catholic priests Flemish Jesuits Flemish scientists Flemish astronomers Flemish mathematicians 1623 births 1688 deaths Roman Catholic missionaries in China Belgian automobile designers Manchurologists Catholic clergy scientists Jesuit scientists Belgian Roman Catholic missionaries Belgian expatriates in China Missionary linguists Imperial tutors in Qing dynasty Chinese automotive pioneers