Early Spanish Intruders in China: The 1579 Mission of Pedro de Alfaro, O.F.M., Reconsidered

In 1579, four years after the visit of the Augustinian missionaries Martín de Rada and Jerónimo Marín to Fujian, a new group of Spanish friars reached China from the Philippines. The mission of Pedro de Alfaro, O.F.M., has generally been dismissed as a useless attempt to break the spiritual monopoly...

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Main Author: Iaccarino, Ubaldo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Journal of Jesuit studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 245-262
Further subjects:B Sino-Spanish trade
B trade diplomacy
B Sangley networks
B Franciscans
B Philippines
B Pedro de Alfaro
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