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... arrived in Goa in 1542 and then travelled up the east coast as far as Tuticorin and Punnakayal . Before he left for the Far East two years later , Xavier had established a network of Jesuit mission stations and baptised more than 10,000 ...
... arrived in Goa in 1542 and then travelled up the east coast as far as Tuticorin and Punnakayal . Before he left for the Far East two years later , Xavier had established a network of Jesuit mission stations and baptised more than 10,000 ...
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... arrived at Tranquebar ; by 1711 , these Protestant mission- aries from Germany , with the support of the Danish crown and later the London - based Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge ( SPCK ) , set up the first printing ...
... arrived at Tranquebar ; by 1711 , these Protestant mission- aries from Germany , with the support of the Danish crown and later the London - based Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge ( SPCK ) , set up the first printing ...
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... arrived ; and by 1740 , they were in open retreat : missionaries in the field left and converts dwindled.83 This change in the history of Tamil printing took place in the context of a more general shift from Portuguese to British power ...
... arrived ; and by 1740 , they were in open retreat : missionaries in the field left and converts dwindled.83 This change in the history of Tamil printing took place in the context of a more general shift from Portuguese to British power ...
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