Voyage To Siam: Performed By Six Jesuits Sent By The French King To The Indies And China In The Year 1685

by Guy Tachard
Voyage To Siam: Performed By Six Jesuits Sent By The French King To The Indies And China In The Year 1685

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This is an account of a Jesuit mission to Siam in 1685, doomed to failure by indiscreet attempts to convert the Siamese King to Catholicism, thus ignoring the King's desire to focus on political and commercial relations.
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This is an account of a Jesuit mission to Siam in 1685, doomed to failure by indiscreet attempts to convert the Siamese King to Catholicism, thus ignoring the King's desire to focus on political and commercial relations.