Akbar and the Jesuits
ISBN: 9781463212957
Platform/Publisher: De Gruyter / Gorgias Press
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The narrative of the Jesuit missions to Akbar, ruler of the Mughal Empire in India, is a noted period piece in travel writing. Although the author never traveled abroad, he compiled a substantial history of Jesuit missionary activity. This book narrates the missions to India in the 16th and 17th centuries.

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