Author: STREIT (Robert)
Title: Bibliotheca Missionum: Amerikanische Missionsliteratur 1493-1699.
Description: (Reprint of the 1924 Edition) 1999. Large 8vo., xii,13-28,939pp., orig. cloth. This is the great Catholic bibliography on missions. This volume includes all voyages, relations, official documents, etc, relating to the Catholic Church's work in America. The period covered is from 1493-1699. In all nearly 2800 items are thoroughly described. The description includes valuable annotations, full bibliographical details, and cross references with other standard bibliographies. The overall work includes over 30 volumes, covering all areas of the world where the Catholic Church was active. This volume is comprehensive for all items relating to America before 1700. Other volumes were published on Africa, Asia, Indonesia and Australia. Reissued as volume two of the Veroffentlichungen des Internationalen Instituts fur Missionswissenschaftliche Forschung series. Besterman 321.

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