A Jesuit priest sails with Japanese samurai to Europe in 1613, seeking Catholic conversion of Japan through a crusade in exchange for Western trade rights.
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A Jesuit priest sails with Japanese samurai to Europe in 1613, seeking Catholic conversion of Japan through a crusade in exchange for Western trade rights.
In 1613 Father Pedro Velasco's dream came true. He set sail with a small group of Japanese Samurai for Mexico, Spain and Rome. Velasco knew Japanese, and his zealous hope was to become primate over a converted, Catholic Japan. His mission, with the Samurai, was to bargain for a Catholic crusade through Japan in exchange for Japanese trading rights with the West. It was a journey of incredible danger and hardship, underwritten solely by faith...
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Mentions of danger and hardship on a long sea voyage
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Central plot of Catholic missionary work, conversion efforts, and faith-driven journey
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Negotiations over trade rights and a proposed Catholic crusade
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References to extreme hardship during travel
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