Early Jesuit Travellers In Central Asia 1603-1721

About the Book:-This book, written by C. J. Wessels - himself a Jesuit, gives a narrative of many Jesuit priests and missions that have tried to propagate Christianity in central Asia (including parts of northern India and western China). The time span of this book ranges from 1603 to 1721, The journeys noticed are of : Bento de Goes, de Andrade, Tsaparang Mission, de Azevedo, Cacella and Cabral, Grueber and D’orville, and Desideri. This book has four illustrations (including an early sketch of the Potala palace) and a map, and is a reprint of the 1924 edition About the Author:-Cornelius Nicolaas Petrus Wessels was a Dutch Jesuit, known for his historical works on the early Catholic Missions in Central Asia, specially Tibet, and in the East Indies. His main work, Early Jesuit Travellers in Central Asia, 1603-1721, first published in 1924, was notable for its thoroughness and the exhaustiveness of the documention referred to; and thus was seminal in the knowledge of the activities and travels of Bento de Góis, António de Andrade, Francisco de Azevedo, Estêvão Cacella, Johann Grueber, Albert d'Orville and Ippolito Desideri. The book includes a comprehensive map of such travels by the Dutch cartographer C. Craandijk. The Title 'Early Jesuit Travellers In Central Asia 1603-1721 written/authored/edited by C. Wessels', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121233415 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 371 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-