Person1562–1607
Bento de Góis
Jesuit lay brother from the Azores who travelled overland from India through Central Asia to China (1602–1607), showing that Cathay and China were the same country.
- Dates
- 1562 – 11 April 1607
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- Central and Northern Asia
- In the threads
- History of Portugal since the Battle of Aljubarrota
Events
- Bento de Góis’s journey from India to Chinabetween October 1602 and February 1603 – 11 April 1607 · Central and Northern Asia