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.
Language
English
Pages
307
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Orchid Press
Release
October 12, 1985
ISBN
9748304302
ISBN 13
9789748304304
Voyage to Siam: Performed by Six Jesuits, Sent by the French King, to the Indies and China, in the Year,1685
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.