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  • Historia natural, civil y geográfica de las naciones situadas en las riveras del Rio Orinoco / Su autor el padre Joseph Gumilla.
  • Four men whose distorted shadows are cast on the wall:a an apothecary casting the shadow of a clyster, a censor casting the shadow of a devil, a hereditary peer casting the shadow of a pig, and a Jesuit casting the shadow of a turkey. Coloured lithograph by J.J. Grandville, 1830.
  • Saint Francis Borgia on a pedestal between two columns forming the monogram of Jesus, holding a crowned skull. Drawing.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • A dying man surrounded by fantastic and mythological figures. Coloured etching.
  • A family tree of the provinces and colleges of the Jesuit order, with horological markings to show the time in each location relative to noon in Rome. Engraving after A. Kircher, 1646.
  • Saint Ignatius of Loyola (centre) with four other leading Jesuits: Lessius, Molina, Vasquez and Escobar. Line engraving.
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Works

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    René Goupil, surgeon : the first of the Jesuit martyrs / G.O. Prieur.

    Prieur, G. O. | Date: 1947
  • view El Orinoco, ilustrado, y defendido, historia natural, civil, y geographica de este gran rio, y de sus caudalosas vertientes: govierno, usos, y costumbres de los Indios sus habitadores con nuevas, y utiles noticias de animales, arboles, frutos, aceytes, resinas, yervas, y raices medicinales / [Joseph Gumilla].
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    El Orinoco, ilustrado, y defendido, historia natural, civil, y geographica de este gran rio, y de sus caudalosas vertientes: govierno, usos, y costumbres de los Indios sus habitadores con nuevas, y utiles noticias de animales, arboles, frutos, aceytes, resinas, yervas, y raices medicinales / [Joseph Gumilla].

    Gumilla, Joseph, -1750 | Date: 1745
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    Science in the vanished Arcadia : knowledge of nature in the Jesuit missions of Paraguay and Rio de la Plata / by Miguel de Asúa.

    Asúa, Miguel de | Date: [2014]
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    History of the Society of Jesus in North America, colonial and federal / by Thomas Hughes.

    Hughes, Thomas S. | Date: 1907
  • view Historia natural, civil y geográfica de las naciones situadas en las riveras del Rio Orinoco / Su autor el padre Joseph Gumilla.
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    Historia natural, civil y geográfica de las naciones situadas en las riveras del Rio Orinoco / Su autor el padre Joseph Gumilla.

    Gumilla, Joseph, -1750 | Date: 1791
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