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GOUVEA (Pe. António de). ASIA Extrema: Entra nella a Fé, promulga-se a Ley de Deos pelos Padres da Companhia de Jesus. Lisboa. 1995-2018. - GOUVEA (Pe. António de) ASIA Extrema: Entra nella a Fé, promulga-se a Ley de Deos pelos Padres da Companhia de Jesus . Edição, introdução e notas de Horácio P. Araújo. Lisboa: Fundação Oriente, 1995-2018. 4 v.: il.; 230 mm. This is the first modern edition of this missionary chronicle by the Portuguese Jesuit Father António de Gouvea (c. 1592/94-1677), who spent 41 years on mission in China, where he eventually died in Fuzhou in February 1677, after having served as Vice-Provincial of the Society of Jesus. * Asia Extrema* , completed in 1644, is the most extensive account Gouvea left us of the evangelization of China during the turbulent transition between the Ming and Qing dynasties, documenting the establishment of the Society of Jesus in the Middle Kingdom based on the strategy of cultural accommodation initiated by Matteo Ricci. A work of paramount importance for the history of the Portuguese presence in the Far East and for the study of the Jesuit mission in 17th-century China, it remained unpublished for more than three centuries. This critical edition, with an introduction and notes by Horácio P. Araújo, was published in four volumes over more than two decades (1995-2018), with volume IV being released posthumously by the publisher. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate