Relation abregeé du voyage des peres del ordre des Sts. Precheurs missionnaires de N. S. P. le Pape en Guineé et en Afrique, adresseé au reverendissime pere Antonin Cloche superieur général du mesme ordre : 1688.

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Relation abregeé du voyage des peres del ordre des Sts. Precheurs missionnaires de N. S. P. le Pape en Guineé et en Afrique, adresseé au reverendissime pere Antonin Cloche superieur général du mesme ordre : 1688.

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A report of an attempt by the Dominicans to establish a mission in Guinea. The manuscript begins with the departure of the mission from La Rochelle in August 1687, arriving in Guinea in November. What follows is a detailed account, with entries on an almost weekly basis, of the mission's establishment and the difficulties in accomplishing their goals. Conflicts with the Dutch are mentioned. The report covers the work of the mission through March 23, 1688, at which time it was sent back to Cloche.

74 p. : 1 ill. ; 32 cm.

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Dominicans

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In a broad sense Dominican refers to a family of friars (clerical and nonclerical), cloistered nuns, professed sisters in apostolic congregations, and laity, all of whom consider St. Dominic de Guzman as their founder and inspiration. In the narrower sense Dominicans refers to the Order of Friars Preachers founded by St. Dominic de Guzmǹ in 1216. Honorius III gave formal sanction to their work on December 22, 1216, and on January 17, 1217, approved their title and preaching mission. The Dominic...

Cloche, Jean François-Antonin, 1628-1720.

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Gonsalvez, frere.

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