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In the 17th century the Jesuits, headed by Matteo Ricci, had a profound influence not so much on Chinese religion (they made few converts among Beijingers) as on science, mathematics, astronomy, art, medicine, and other forms of knowledge that had never before been infused with Western ideas in China.
Pombal dominated Portugal as an enlightened despot, banishing the Jesuits and executing certain members of the nobility who may have been involved in an assassination attempt on the king.
The Iroquois killed thousands of Huron in all-out war, and two Jesuits, Jean de Brébeuf and Gabriel Lalemant, were tortured to death.
To the left is the 17th-century Igreja do Colégio (Collegiate Church), originally founded by the Jesuits in 1574.
As Washington and the surveyors pass the pipe, intrigues and conspiracies involving all sorts of secret factions--Jesuits, Masons, British trading companies--are hinted at.