The Marañon or Amazon River with the Mission of the Society of Jesus.
Artista: No identificado
Siglo XVIII · España / América
Colección: Hispanismo
This map of the Amazon River is by Samuel Fritz (1654-1728), a Jesuit missionary who mapped the basin of the Amazon River. Born in the province of Bohemia (now part of the Czech Republic), Fritz became a priest in 1673. He was sent to Quito in present-day Ecuador as a missionary in 1684 and spent th
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