Kylog

I got the most wonderful Christmas present: a map of Jesuit missionary travels in upper Peru (now Bolivia).  This is fun for me because I’ve been to that area and I love old maps.

So apparently this maps comes from Stocklein’s 5 volume collection (1726) of letters from Jesuit missionaries from around the world.   Googling a bit, Stocklein’s collection amounted to travelog’s for the early eighteenth century for a Europe fascinated with faraway lands, from Jesuits who were off exploring.

It’s amazing that Jesuits were traipsing up the Beni river 300 years ago, because to this day there are not detailed maps of the area.  Holy moly!

I’m intrigued by the different Jesuit accounts that were coming in and collated.  Apparently, in addition to Stocklein’s anthology, or perhaps some of the sources of same were: the Jesuit Relations, which were produced by the French Jesuits.

But I’m assuming it was Spanish Jesuits in Upper Peru.  More info needed.  Meanwhile, this article looks interesting: