was born about 1580, entered when very young, as we find was usual,
was born about 1580, entered
when very young, as we find was usual, into the society
of the Jesuits, and became noted for his missionary zeal
in India and Tartary. Whatever religion owes, geography is in some respect indebted to his labours. In 1624
he went to Thibet, which was probably visited by Mark
Paul in the thirteenth century, but had been till now totally forgotten by European travellers. On his return to
Goa, his superiors employed him in some affairs of importance, and he died March 1.6, 1634, as it is said, of
poison. The chief merit of his travels, published at Lisbon, 1626, consists in their affording the first description
of Thibet, but they contain many mistakes and fabulous
matters; nor has the state of that country ever been faithfully delineated, unless by our countryman Turner. Ahdrada’s work, which was written in Portuguese, has been
twice translated into French: the last translation is that of
Peron and Billecocq, in their “Recueil de voyages au
Thibet,
” Paris,
, a laborious Dominican, was born about 1580, at Venice, of the noble family of Pinardi,
, a laborious Dominican, was born
about 1580, at Venice, of the noble family of Pinardi,
He taught philosophy and theology for some time, but
afterwards refused all offices in his order, that he might be
more at liberty to study. He died 1660, at Venice, aged
eighty, leaving several large theological works, the most
curious among which is entitled “Bibliotheca Interpretum
ad universam summam D. Thomae,
” Declamations,
” in Italian, against the liberties of the Galilean church, which involved the writer in
great troubles, and occasioned him to be twice driven from
Venice.