Forgotten Englishman: Thomas Stephens and the Mission to the East

by Nicholas Fogg

Forgotten Englishman concerns the remarkable Jesuit mission to the East in the 16th century. The book is based around the life of Thomas Stephens, a missionary priest from Wiltshire. After study in Rome, he sailed to Goa aboard a Portuguese carrack: the first Englishman to sail around the Cape of Good Hope, leaving an account of the voyage. The Jesuits compiled the first dictionaries and grammars of Asian languages, introduced the printing press...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085244852X
• ISBN13: 9780852448526
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Gracewing
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"