Volume 1

The travels of several learned missioners of the Society of Jesus, into divers parts of the Archipelago, India, China, and America ... / Translated from the French [of 'Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, écrites des missions étrangères'].

  • Society of Jesus
Date:
1714
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Credit: The travels of several learned missioners of the Society of Jesus, into divers parts of the Archipelago, India, China, and America ... / Translated from the French [of 'Lettres édifiantes et curieuses, écrites des missions étrangères']. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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