CHAPTER V.

MISSIONARIES AND SETTLERS. MERCHANTS AND TOURISTS.

I.

Distinguishing characteristics of the Seventeenth Century--The more thorough exploration of regions previously discovered--To the thirst for gold succeeds Apostolic zeal--Italian Missionaries in Congo--Portuguese Missionaries in Abyssinia--Brue in Senegal and Flacourt in Madagascar--The Apostles of India, of Indo-China, and of Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

II.

The Dutch in the Spice Islands--Lemaire and Schouten--Tasman-- Mendana--Queiros and Torres--Pyrard de Laval--Pietro della Valle--Tavernier--Thevenot--Bernier--Robert Knox--Chardin--De Bruyn--Kaempfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387