File:Jesuit Province Paraguay 1732 map.png

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English: Map (66 x 52 cm) in Latin, with some place names in Spanish, showing the Jesuit province of Paraguay and neighbouring areas, with the main missions and missionary journeys. The map was made in Rome by Giovanni Petroschi (1715-66), and is dedicated to Francisco Retz (1673-1750), Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
Latina: Paraguariæ Provinciæ soc. jesu cum adiacentibg. novissima descriptio : post iteratas peregrinationes & plures observationes patrum missionariorum eiusdem soc. tum huius provinciæ, cum & Peruanæ accuratissime delineata & emendata ann. 1732 / admodum r. in cht. o. patri suo P. Francisco Retz, soc. jesu præp. generali XV, hanc terrarum filiorum suorum sudore et sanguine excultarum et rigatarum tabulam ; D.D.D., provincia paraquariæ soc, jesu, anno 1732 ; Ioannes Petroschi, sculp. Romæ sup. perm., ann. 1732.
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Source Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA [1]
Author Giovanni Petroschi

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