Samuel Fritz - Municipal Library / Mestská knihovna, Trutnov, Czechia
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Depicted bronze memorial tablet, devoted to Czech Jesuit missionary Samuel Fritz, you can find on the western facade of Municipal Library (Mestská library) on Trutnov main public space - Krakonošovo námestí (Krakonoš Square).
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Location: Královéhradecký kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 04/11/2020
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Depicted bronze memorial tablet, devoted to Czech Jesuit missionary Samuel Fritz, you can find on the western facade of Municipal Library (Mestská library) on Trutnov main public space - Krakonošovo námestí (Krakonoš Square).
The stone tablet on the wall bears following inscription in Czech an Spanish languages:
Páter Samuel Fritz S. J.
*9.4.1654 Trutnov - ✝20.3.1725 Jeberos, Peru
jako jeden z prvních Evropanu splul Amazoku až k jejímu
ústí do Atlantického oceánu a vytvoril první podrobnou
mapu celého veletoku
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Translation to English:
Father Samuel Fritz S. J.
*9.4.1654 Trutnov - ✝20.3.1725 Jeberos, Peru
as one of the first Europeans, he sailed Amazon to its
mouth into the Atlantic Ocean and created the first detailed
map of the whole river
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In the center of the tablet is a small pebble with inscription: Tento kámen pochází z osady Jeberos, kde P. S. Fritz žil poslední léta svého života / This pebble comes from the settlement of Jeberos, where P. S. Fritz lived the last years of his life.
Samuel Fritz SJ (*9 April 1654 – ✝20 March 1725, 1728 or 1730) 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 skilled at interacting with the Indians.He was effective and respected, and helpful to the Viceroyalty of Peru in its boundary dispute with the State of Brazil. [more in wiki]