Florian Baucke

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Florian Baucke, also Florian Paucke, Florian Pauke,

Jesuit missionary, who recorded the native traditions of South America
.

Baucke was born in Winzig, Austrian Silesia.

In 1736, he became a member of the

Society of Jesus
(Jesuite).

He worked mainly in the Río de la Plata, Imperial Spain, and drew and painted the customs of the region.

He returned to Austria and Bohemia in 1768. He died, aged 59, in Neuhaus, Bohemia.

His original manuscripts are in the Library of the Zwettl Abbey, Zwettl, Lower Austria.

Bibliography

  • Andreas Kobler (1816–92): Pater Florian Baucke ein Jesuit in Paraguay. 1870
  • Augustin Bringmann: Pater Florian Baucke, ein deutscher Missionär in Paraguay. 1908
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  • Wilhelm Kratz SJ (1953), "Baucke, Florian", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 631–632; (full text online
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