The Book of Literary Expressions - World Digital Library
of Literary Expressions Description Published in 1885 by the Jesuit Fathers’ printing press of Beirut, the present volume contains an edition of one of the three extant...

A Journey through the Atmosphere on an Airship - World Digital Library
in 1863 . Shown here is a second edition of this work, produced by the Jesuit print shop in Beirut in 1884 (the first edition having been published in 1875...

Hydraulic Machinery of the West, in Six Juan - World Digital Library
introduced to China. It gathers the essence of European classical hydraulic engineering. The author was Xiong Sanba (Sabatino de Ursis, 1575–1620), an Italian Jesuit...

Investigation into the Phenomena in the Atmosphere, in Two Juan - World Digital Library
lines: “Ji Xi Yesu hui shi Gao Yizhi zhuan” (written by Gao Yizhi, a Jesuit Missionary from the Far West); “Gujiang hou xue Han Yun ding” (revised by your pupil Han...

The Art of the Aymara Language: A Compendium of Phrases in the Same Language and Their Equivalent Meanings in Spanish - World Digital Library
) was published in Lima, Peru, in 1612. The book is by Ludovico Bertonio (1555−1628), an Italian Jesuit missionary who labored among the Aymara Indians of southern Peru...

The Art of the Quechua Language - World Digital Library
−1638), a Spanish-born Jesuit priest who came to Peru in 1579, where he devoted himself to the study of Indian languages, especially Aymara and Quechua. The first printing...

Dictionary of the Aymara Language: First and Second Part - World Digital Library
language: First and second parts) was published in Lima, Peru, in 1612. The book is by Ludovico Bertonio (1555−1628), an Italian Jesuit missionary who labored among...

View of Quebec, Capital of Canada - World Digital Library
’s palace, seminary, and Jesuit mission. Originally established in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain, Quebec became the capital of New France in 1663. In the Battle of Quebec...

General Map of the Diocese of Pará: Shows the Division of Parishes Where the Venerable Father Miguel de Bulhões III, Bishop from Pará, Founded and Built the Diocese - World...
in which the Jesuits were expelled from the country. In 1760, he was appointed to a new diocese in Portugal, and left Brazil on the same boat as the departing Jesuit...

The Marañon or Amazon River with the Mission of the Society of Jesus - World Digital Library
-1728), a Jesuit missionary who mapped the basin of the Amazon River. Born in the province of Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic), Fritz became a priest in 1673. He...