Cornelius Nicolaas Petrus Wessels (September 8, 1880 in

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– February 2, 1964 in

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) was a

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, known for his historical works on the early

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, specially

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ) is a region in East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are some other ethnic groups such as Monpa people, ...

, and in the

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. His main work, ''Early Jesuit travellers in Central Asia, 1603-1721'', first published in 1924, was notable for its thoroughness and the exhaustiveness of the documention referred to; and thus was seminal in the knowledge of the activities and travels of

Bento de Góis Bento de Góis (1562 – 11 April 1607), was a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and explorer. His name is commonly given in English as Bento de Goes"Bento de Goes", in: or Bento de Goës;Gallagher (trans.) (1953), pp. 499–500. in the past, it has ...

António de Andrade António de Andrade (1580 – March 19, 1634) was a Jesuit priest and explorer from Portugal. He entered the Society of Jesus in 1596. From 1600 until his death in 1634 he was engaged in missionary activity in India. Andrade was the first known ...

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, Johann Grueber,

Albert d'Orville Albert Dorville, (also known as ''Albert Le Comte d’Orville'') (12 August 1621 in Brussels, Belgium – 8 April 1662 in Agra, India) was a Belgian Jesuit priest, missionary in China and cartographer. Biography The young Albert, son of noble ...

and

Ippolito Desideri Ippolito Desideri or Hippolyte Desideri (21 December 1684 – 14 April 1733) was an Italian Jesuit missionary and traveller and the most famous of the early European missionaries to visit Tibet. He was the first documented European ethnic groups ...

. The book includes a comprehensive map of such travels by the Dutch

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C. Craandijk.

Works

* (First edition: 1924 - ''Early Jesuit travellers in Central Asia (1603-1721)'', Den Haag: Martinus Nijhoff.) * ''De geschiedenis der R.K.Missie in Amboina,1546-1605''.

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, 1926 * ''Catalogus Patrum et Fratrum e Societate Iesu qui in Missione Moluccana ab a. 1546 ad a. 1677 adlaboraverunt'', in ''Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu'',

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, Vol. I, 1932. *1911 - ''Bento de Goës S.J. Een ontdekkingsreiziger in Centraal-Azië (1603-1607)'', dans ''Studiën: Tijdschrift voor godsdienst, wetenschap en letteren '' *1912 - ''Antonio de Andrade, een ontdekkingsreiziger in de Himalaya en Tibet'', dans ''Studiën: Tijdschrift voor godsdienst, wetenschap en letteren'' *1919 - ''Ierland: Economisch-geographische schetsen'', dans ''Tijdschrift voor economische geographie'' *1926 - ''De geschiedenis der r.k. missie in Amboina:vanaf haar stichting door den H. Franciscus Xaverius tot haar vernietiging door de O.I. Compagnie'', Den Haag: Koninklijke Bibliotheek. *1928 - ''Eenendertig hoofdstukken uit het verloren gegane livro IX van Lopes de Catanheda's Historio do descobrimentos e conquista sa India pelos portugues'', dans ''Historisch Tijdschrift'' *1929 - ''De katholieke missie in het sultanaat Batjan (Molukken): 1556-1609'', in ''Historisch Tijdschrift'' *1930 - ''Palestina in woord en beeld; (naar oorspronkelijke schilderijen van L.Blum te Jeruzalem en Henri Sicking te Breda)'', Groningen: Wolters *1930 - ''De eerste Franciscaner-missie op Java (1584-1599)'', dans ''Studiën: Tijdschrift voor godsdienst, wetenschap en letteren''. *1932 - Introduction and notes to ''An account of Tibet: The travels of Ippolito Desideri, 1712-1727'', London, George Routledge & Sons. *1933 - ''De katholieke missie in Noord-Celebes en op de Sangi-eilanden (1563-1605)'', 's-Hertogenbosch: Malmberg. *1933 - ''P. Aegidius de Abreu S.J. : een geloofsgetuige te Batavia'', 's-Hertogenbosch: Malmberg. *1933 - ''Eenige aanteekeningen betreffende het bisdom en de bisschoppen van Malaka (1558- 1838)'', in ''Historisch Tijdschrift''. *1934 - ''De Augustijnen in de Molukken (1544-1546), (1606-1625)'' Tilburg: Bergmans. *1935 - ''De katholieke missie in de Molukken, Noord-Celebes en de Sangihe-eilanden tijdens de Spaansche bestuursperiode, (1606-1677)'', in ''Historisch Tijdschrift''. *1936 - ''De Theatijnen op Borneo en Sumatra, 1688- 1764'', in ''Historisch Tijdschrift''. *1938-'40 - ''Geschiedenis van Nederlandsch Indië'' (onder redactie van Frederik Willem Stapel), Amsterdam, Uitgeversmaatsch. Joost van den Vondel *1939 - ''Uit de missiegeschiedenis van Sumatra, Atjeh in de 16e en 17e eeuw'', in ''Historisch Tijdschrift''. *1940 - ''New documents relating to the journey of Fr. John Grueber'', in '' Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu''.

Works

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