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The record is made up of 1 volume (526 pages). It was created in 1694. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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Chap. XX. The Pcrtugm Ada.'
*•' of India were abolifhtdi by Sr. 7bomx
^ the Cbinefes and Ethiopiam were convert-
" ed to the f Truth •, by St. Jbomas&a. by
" St. lima were fpread ia all India, the
* c rays of the DOLlrine of Life; by Sc. 77?§=
a mas flew to the Chinefes the Kingdoan
a of Heaven. And again in an Auttpban, the
il Indians^ Chinefes 3 ti;e ferpans and IjUn-
<£ derj, thofe of Siria, Armenia, Grecia, and
u Romania, in commemorauon of St.Thomaf,
"■ offer adoration to thy Holy Name. A-
mong the Jjl*nderj may v^eil be reckoned the
Japomfes •, in the fummary of the Synodicai
Conltiturions, and Chapter of tkofe that
are Canonical, there is a Canon of the Pa~
triarch Iheodafms, in which are thefe words^
So alfi the Bifhopi of the great Province, a? ar4
moji of the Metropolitans of China. When
the Poriuguefes entered India, the Governor
of the Malabar Mountains, called Jacoh^
ftilcd himfeif, Metropolitan of India and
cbim) Paulns Venetus a true Hiftorian in
z\\ points, that can now be proved, ailurcs in
bis time,there were in C(&i«4many Chriftians
who had famptuous Churches, and names
the Cities in which they were. The Fa
thers of the Society of Jefus had an account
of People who worfhipped the Crofs. The
<^ufe why the Chriftians and their Churches
were quite extinct, and no footfteps of them
remains, is that they having favoured the
.Tartar when he invaded China about Three
hundred Years fmce, he being overcome by
xte chinefes, many of them were killed,
;; h ' the

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The Portugues Asia: or, The history of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portugues; containing all their discoveries from the coast of Africk, to the farthest parts of China and Japan; all their battels by sea and land, sieges and other memorable actions; a description of those countries, and many particulars of the religion, government and customs of the natives, &c. In three tomes. Written in Spanish by Manuel de Faria y Sousa, of the Order of Christ. Translated into English by Cap. John Stevens. Tome the Second.

Publication Details: London, Printed for C. Brome, at the Sign the Gun, at the West-End of St. Pauls, 1694.

Physical Description: Octavo.

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'The Portugues Asia: or, The history of the discovery and conquest of India by the Portugues; containing all their discoveries from the coast of Africk, to the farthest parts of China and Japan; all their battels by sea and land, sieges and other memorable actions; a description of those countries, and many particulars of the religion, government and customs of the natives, &c. In three tomes. Written in Spanish by Manuel de Faria y Sousa, of the Order of Christ. Translated into English by Cap. John Stevens. Tome the Second'
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front, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1a:1b, 2a:2b, 3a:3b, 4a:4b, 5a:5b, 1:14, 1:232, 241:526, iii-r:v-v, back-i, back
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Sousa, Manuel de Faria e
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