Tema: Map Proves Portuguese Discovered Australia

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Franciscans, Jesuits.. Was it a common practice for Spanish and Portuguese explorers to travel with members of one of the monastic orders?

Yes, that way we evangelized the world.

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Yes, that way we evangelized the world.

We as in Catholics? The Spanish?

Located in New York State, where I reside. The natives were converted by the French, but the first Catholic casualties were a couple of Jesuits and some Mohawk converts:

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The Spanish and the Portuguese. Mainly us, since we conquered much of the world, but the French also evangelized in Canada and no doubt in parts of present day U.S. adjoining Canada.

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The Spanish and the Portuguese. Mainly us, since we conquered much of the world, but the French also evangelized in Canada and no doubt in parts of present day U.S. adjoining Canada.

There're a few thousand Acadians in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine iirc.