Spiritual Considerations on the Life of Saint Antony the Great - World Digital Library
of Saint Antony, the early Egyptian ascetic, originally written in Latin by a Jesuit priest. The work was translated by a Maronite priest named Alexander “for...

The Art and Vocabulary of the Achagua Language - World Digital Library
to the linguistic effort undertaken by the Jesuit missionaries in the borderlands of present-day Colombia and Venezuela. As its long title explains, this small manuscript...

Outline of Western Theories of the Human Body - World Digital Library
by Deng Yuhan (Chinese name of the German Jesuit missionary Johann Schreck, also known as Johannes Terentius, 1576−1630), who translated and compiled the work...

Illustrated Explanations of the Human Body, in One Juan - World Digital Library
. It is the continuation of Taixi ren shen shuo gai (Outline of Western theories on the human body), originally translated jointly by Deng Yuhan (Chinese name of the German Jesuit...

The Amazon and Madeira Rivers: Sketches and Descriptions from the Note-Book of an Explorer - World Digital Library
Indians of that region and the history of their interactions with the Jesuit missions dating from the late 17th century. Author Keller, Franz, 1835-1890 Date Created...

Chronicle of Foreign Lands - World Digital Library
The Zhifang waiji (Chronicle of foreign lands) is a concise geography of the world, the first of its kind written in Chinese. The Italian Jesuit missionary Matteo Ricci...

The History of the Caribby-Islands - World Digital Library
includes a detailed chapter on the Apalachee Indians as well as a vocabulary of the Caraïbe language prepared by Raymond Breton (1609-79), a Jesuit priest sent...

Great Miracle of the Apparition of the Queen of Heaven, Saint Mary Our Beloved Mother of Guadalupe, Near the Great City of Mexico in the Place called Tepeyácac - World Digi...
with possible Jesuit influences. Called the “Patroness of the Americas,” the Virgin of Guadalupe, or Our Lady of Guadalupe, is considered an important cultural figure...

Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 3, Volume 15, Astronomy: The Assayer - World Digital Library
in the years 1618–23. Three comets appeared in the skies over Europe in 1618, giving rise to a debate about the nature of these celestial bodies. In 1619 Jesuit priest...

Works of Galileo Galilei, Part 3, Volume 12, Astronomy: Discourse on the Comets Produced by him at the Florentine Academy During his Very Consulship - World Digital Library
of these celestial bodies and the implications of their appearance for the Aristotelian theory that celestial bodies were unchanging and “incorruptible.” In 1619, the Jesuit...