| Summary: | The aim of this dissertation thesis is to provide first critical edition of Latin correspondence written by the missionaries from Bohemian Province of Society of Jesus, who were destinated to Indiae Occidentales (Northern and Southern Americas, Philippines and Mariana Islands). This edition contains all the documents, according to present-day knowledge, preserved in the archives in Czech Republic. These are 114 letters and one collection of excerpta. 28 of them are autographs, the rest are copies. Nearly fourth part of this corpus is represented by letters of Paulus Klein, eighth part by letters of Augustinus Strobach, the remaining part was written by 25 other Jesuit missionaries. The correspondence comes from the years 1657-1741. Most of these letters describe the journey of missionaries from Bohemia to their mission destination, many of letters originate from the period of waiting for West Indies Fleet in Spain. Smaller part describes the reality in oversea mission, above all its early period. The edition is sorted to 27 blocks according to the authors, the letters within these blocks are ordered chronologically. All the letters are provided with regesta in Czech language. Introduction study contains general remarks on the importance of this corpus as a historic source. It also reveals synopsis...
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