Bento de Goes

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Bento de Goes was a Portuguese Jesuit.

According to the Sketches of Chivalry From the Early Society, he

undertook one of the greatest explorations in history in search of the fabled Kingdom of Cathay with its ancient Christian community reported by Marco Polo. After 4,000 miles and three years he found no Christian community but ended his journey at the Great Wall of China in 1605 proving that Cathay of Marco Polo was the China of Matteo Ricci. [1]

He traveled the Silk Road and, reaching the outskirts of Beijing, a Jesuit sent by Matteo Ricci, S.J. found him already at the point of death.


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