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Jesuit missionaries

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Ludovico Bertonio and the Documentation of the Aymara Language

Ludovico Bertonio and the Documentation of the Aymara Language Ludovico Bertonio (1552–1625) was a pivotal figure in the early linguistic documentation of South America. An Italian Jesuit...

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Nanban Trade: The Era of Southern Barbarian Exchange in Japan

Nanban Trade: The Era of Southern Barbarian Exchange in Japan Between 1543 and 1614, Japan entered a transformative period of contact with the West known as the Nanban trade (南蛮貿易, "South...

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