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This monograph describes activities of the missionaries from the Czech branch of the Society of Jesus who were active in the Spanish overseas colonies in the 17th and 18th centuries, specifically in Mexico and the Philippines. Using hitherto unpublished, and in some cases even previously unknown archived material, the scholars analyze not only the actual missionary work, but also the image the missionaries created of the territories where they worked and of themselves in the light of the dramatic economic, social and cultural transformations that were taking place both in Europe and in the overseas dependencies at the time.

On the whole one can say that the monograph is not only an exploit beyond the legendary Pillars of Hercules with individual members of the Bohemian province, but a meaningful expansion of the horizons of all readers interested in the Jesuit mission in the New World, whether its historical and ideological dimension or its cultural and social implications in the broad sense. Above all, credit has to be given to the work of Simona Binková and Markéta Křížová as authors, editors and translators who present the reader with a text distinctive for undeniable qualities, revealing not only new sources but also providing intellectual impulses for further investigation and reflection.
Jana Černá (Acta Comeniana, 30/LIV/2016, pp. 237-242, International Review of Comenius Studies and Early Modern Intellectual History)