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Map The Marañon or Amazon River with the Mission of the Society of Jesus. El gran rio Marañon o Amazonas con la Mission de la Compañia de Iesus

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Title

  • The Marañon or Amazon River with the Mission of the Society of Jesus.

Other Title

  • El gran rio Marañon o Amazonas con la Mission de la Compañia de Iesus

Summary

  • 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 the next 40 years ministering to the native people of the Upper Marañon region. He began mapping the region as part of a project to clarify the borders of missionary lands, Spanish lands, and Portuguese lands. He later undertook a project to chart the course of the Amazon. Despite having no training as a cartographer and using only very primitive instruments, Fritz completed a relatively accurate chart of the area. He was the first to follow the Marañon, a tributary of the Amazon, to its source. This map was first printed in Quito in 1707 and later extensively copied in Europe.

Names

  • Fritz, Samuel, 1654-1724 Cartographer.

Created / Published

  • Quito, Ecuador : Juan de Narvaes, 1707.

Headings

  • -  Brazil
  • -  1686 to 1707
  • -  Amazon River
  • -  Cartography
  • -  Jesuits

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map ; 31 x 39 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in Spanish.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668377

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  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Fritz, Samuel, Cartographer. The Marañon or Amazon River with the Mission of the Society of Jesus. Quito, Ecuador: Juan de Narvaes, 1707. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668377/.

APA citation style:

Fritz, S. (1707) The Marañon or Amazon River with the Mission of the Society of Jesus. Quito, Ecuador: Juan de Narvaes. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668377/.

MLA citation style:

Fritz, Samuel, Cartographer. The Marañon or Amazon River with the Mission of the Society of Jesus. Quito, Ecuador: Juan de Narvaes, 1707. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668377/>.