Samuel Fritz
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Samuel Fritz
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Samuel Fritz SJ was a Czech Jesuit missionary, noted for his exploration of the Amazon River and its basin. He spent most of his life preaching to Indigenous communities in the western Amazon region, including the Omaguas, the Yurimaguas, the Aisuare, the Ibanomas, and the Ticunas. In 1707 he produced the first accurate map of the Amazon River, establishing as its source the Marañón. Adept in technical arts and handicrafts, he also was a physician, a painter, a carpenter, a joiner and a linguist
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Czech missionary
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Fritz
date created:
2008-05-27T20:08:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T21:33:11Z
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