The Jesuits, 1534-1921 A History of the Society of Jesus from Its Foundation to the Present Time
CHAPTER VIII
THE ASIATIC CONTINENT
The Great Mogul--Rudolph Aquaviva--Jerome Xavier--de Nobili--de Britto--Beschi--The Pariahs--Entering Thibet --From Pekin to Europe--Mingrelia, Paphlagonia and Chaldea--The Maronites--Alexander de Rhodes--Ricci enters China--From Agra to Pekin--Adam Schall--Arrival of the Tatars--Persecutions--Schall condemned to Death--Verbiest --de Tournon's Visit--The French Royal Mathematicians-- Avril's Journey 228-267