Ignacije Szentmartony
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Ignacije Szentmartony (October 28, 1718 – April 15, 1793) was a
Biography
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Szentmartony was born in Kottori,
In 1753, he sailed for Brazil into the very mouth of the Amazon River. Based on his surveys, Lorenz Kaulen made in 1753 a map of Maranhão district titled Mappa Viceprovinciae Societatis Iesu Maragnonii anno MDCCLIII concinnata. Its original is in Biblioteca de Évora in Portugal. Another map, Mapa da Ilha do Maranhão, made in 1757 again based upon Szentmartony's surveys, is also kept here. Between 1754-56, Father Szentmartony took part in expeditions to the Amazon and the Rio Negro. Upon the data obtained from his systematical astronomical surveys, in 1755 engineers Schwebel and Sturm made a regional map titled Mappa Geographico dos Rios. It was a first-rate cartographic representation of the riverbed containing data relating to islets, tributaries and settlements.[1]
He complained vigorously about the inhumane treatment of the native people by the colonizers, so his expedition came under scrutiny and failed. Szentmartony remained as a
He is also believed to be the author of Einleitung zur kroatischen Sprachlehre für Teutschen, the first
See also
- List of Jesuit scientists
- List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
References
- ^ a b c d e "Szentmartony, Ignacije" (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
- ^ a b Ivan Rusak; et al. "Kotoripski umjetnici - književni, likovni, glazbeni". kotoriba.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
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