Early Jesuit Travellers In Central Asia 1603-1721

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