Description: The distinguished historian C.R. Boxer devoted years of research on European expansion overseas into the Americas and Asia. In this volume, his analytical survey of the role of the Portuguese and Spanish missionaries of the Roman Catholic Church in the overseas expansion of the Iberian power he finds that the lasting results vary enormously.
Brief description: C. R. Boxer (1904-2000) was a professor of history at Indiana University and is the author of numerous well-known works, including The Christian Century in Japan and The Dutch Seaborn Empire.