An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay, (1 of 3)

An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay, (1 of 3)

Martin Dobrizhoffer was born at Gratz in Styria, on the 7th of September, 1717. In the year 1736, he entered the order of the Jesuits; and in 1749 went as a Missionary to South America, where for eighteen years he discharged the duties of his office, first in the Guarany Reductions, latterly in a more painful and arduous mission among the Abipones, a tribe not yet reclaimed from the superstitions and manners of savage life. Upon the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish America, he returned to his native country, and, after the unjust and impolitic extinction of his order, continued to reside at Vienna till his death, which took place July 17, 1791. The Empress Maria Theresa used frequently to send for Dobrizhoffer, that she might hear his adventures IVfrom his own lips; and she is said to have taken great pleasure in his cheerful and animated conversation. These notices concerning him have been obtained from one of the last survivors of his celebrated order. In 1784, he published the work, a translation of which is now laid before the public. The original title is Historia de Abiponibus, Equestri, Bellicosaque Paraquari Natione, locupletata copiosis Barbararum Gentium, Urbium, Fluminum, Ferarum, Amphibiorum, Insectorum, Serpentium prcipuorum, Piscium, Avium, Arborum, Plantarun, aliarumque ejusdem Provinci Proprietatum Observationibus; Authore Martino Dobrizhoffer, Presbytero, et per Annos duodeviginti Paraquari Missionario. A German translation, by Professor Kreil of the University of Pest, was published at Vienna in the same year. There is no other work which contains so full, so faithful, and so lively an account of the South American tribes. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 50629
Author: Dobrizhoffer, Martin
Release Date: Dec 6, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English