Meeting the Other in the New World: Jesuit Missionaries from the Bohemian Province in America

Abstract

This paper focuses on the participation of missionaries from the “Bohemian Province“ of the Society
 of Jesus in the colonization of America in the 17th and 18th century, and the representation of the New
 World in letters and reports sent to the home province. As a result of the activities of the Jesuits,
 monitored closely in their home province, and complemented of course by other direct and indirect
 involvement in the process of overseas colonization, the inhabitants of the Czech Lands found
 themselves integrated into the newly established Atlantic system and participated in an intense interchange
 of information and cultural influences.