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Ippolito Desideri S.J.
Books by Ippolito Desideri S.J.
Mission to Tibet
The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Father Ippolito Desideri S. J.
Edited by Leonard Zwilling / Translated by Michael J Sweet
Mission to Tibet recounts the fascinating eighteenth-century journey of the Jesuit priest ippolito Desideri (1684 - 1733) to the Tibetan plateau. The italian missionary was most notably the first european to learn about Buddhism directly with Tibetan schol ars and monks - and from a profou...
