This paper was written within the scope of the research project "Tomás Pereira, S.J. (1646-1708), Life, Work and World", which has been in progress at the Macau Scientific and Cultural Center since mid-2006 under the coordination of Professor Luís Filipe Barreto. In the first section I address some biographical data of Tomás Pereira, from his birth in northern Portugal until his arrival in Beijing at the beginning of January 1673. The next section provides a broad outline of the European manuscript sources related to Pereira, found in several archives and libraries.
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