LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

The leaves and fruit of the durian, from Rumphius’s Ambonese Herbal

Landscape by Shitao, given to Ding Peng in 1688

Jôruri puppets, their handlers, and the chanter

Valvasor in a cave

The marriage contract of Samuel Hayyim Fontanella and Stella Fontanella, Colorno, 1688, with detail