missionaries
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Dr Konyak points to explorers, colonial officials, missionaries and photographers drawn to tattooed faces, ornaments, weapons and headhunting, while the lives behind them often receded from view.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Waves of European missionaries sailed through the South Pacific in the 19th century, bringing evangelical Christian teachings that were adopted with enthusiasm.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Tassone said Ross had visited other friends in Norway and Denmark, and had supported missionaries financially.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
European artworks brought to the court by diplomats and missionaries further influenced Mughal watercolors, contributing to the emergence of an increased naturalism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
Linguistic evidence, first weighed by anthropologists in the 1970s, suggests that they arrived from the north as late as the seventeenth century, about the time of the first Spanish settlers and missionaries.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
