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Propagation of the Gospel in the east : being an account of the success of two Danish missionaries, lately sent to the East-Indies, for the conversion of the heathens in Malabar : In several letters to their correspondents in Europe : Containing A Narrative of their Voyage to the Coast of Coromandel, their Settlement at Tranquebar, the Divinity and Philosophy of the Malabarians, their Language and Manners, the Impediments obstructing their Conversion, the several Methods taken by these Missionaries, the wonderful Providences attending them, and the Progress they have already made / Rendered into English from the High-Dutch ; And Dedicated to the most Honourable Corporation for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ziegenbalg, Bartholomaeus, 1683-1719.
Contributor:
Plütscho, Heinrich, 1676-1747.
Gründler, Johann Ernst, 1677-1720.
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain)
Standardized Title:
Merckwürdige Nachricht aus Ost-Indien. English
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Dansk-hallensiske mission (Tranquebar, India)--History.
Missions, Danish--India--Tranquebar--History.
Missions, Danish.
Lutheran Church--Missions.
Lutheran Church.
History.
India--Tranquebar.
Local Subjects:
Dansk-hallensiske mission (Tranquebar, India)--History.
Genre:
Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.
Physical Description:
16 unnumbered pages, xxxvi, 78 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ;viii, 60 ;xxiv, 231 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, map ; 18 cm (8 vo)
Edition:
The third edition.
Place of Publication:
London : Printed and sold by Joseph Downing, 1718.
Notes:
In three parts, each with separate titlepage pagination and register.
With a final leaf of advertisements in vol. 1, and two final leaves in vol. 3 containing a list of 'Those who shall be willing to contribute to the support of the protestant mission in the East Indies'.
Letters written by Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, Heinrich Plütscho, Johann Ernst Gründler and others. - Translated by Anton Wilhelm Böhm.
The titlepage to pt. 2 reads: 'Propagation of the Gospel in the east: being an account of the progress made by some missionaries at Tranquebar ... ' and the titlepage to pt. 3 reads: 'Propagation of the Gospel in the east: being a collection of letters ... ' with no edition statement.
Cited in:
ESTC T116454.
OCLC:
671532595

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