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Akbar and the Jesuits : an account of the Jesuit missions to the court of Akbar / Pierre Du Jarric ; [translated with introduction and notes by C. H. Payne ; E. Denison Ross and Eileen Power]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Du Jarric, Pierre, 1566-1617.
- Series:
- Gorgias historic travels in the cradle of civilization ; 7.
- Gorgias historic travels in the cradle of civilization ; 7
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605.
- Akbar.
- Mughal Empire.
- Missions--India.
- Missions.
- India.
- Jesuits--Missions.
- Jesuits.
- Mughal Empire--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xlvii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First Gorgias Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Piscataway : Gorgias Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Cover title.
- "This edition is a facsimile reprint of the original edition published by Harper & Brothers, New York & London, 1926."--T.p. verso.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Hazel M. Hussong Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1593336306
- 9781593336301
- OCLC:
- 171554113
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