A General Map Comprizing China, Chinese-Tartary & Tibet drawn from the Paricular Maps of the Jesuits together with the countries between Kashgar and the Caspian Sea laid down according to the Oriental ...

The Jesuits became known as the schoolmasters of Europe, and over time emerged as the largest religious order in the Catholic Church and one of the greatest influences in Western civilization. Today, ...

The Jesuit missionaries, called the "soldiers of Christ", focused on converting pagans. (As portrayed by Paul Doucet in Canada: A People's History) The Recollet friars were the first to arrive.