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One of about a hundred illustrations by the Jesuit Florian Paucke (or Florián Baucke, 1719-1780) shows life in the Reductions in South America. Here – honey harvest, 18th century. Photo Guillermo Furlong: Iconography Colonial Rioplatense, 1749-1767, Public Domain, Wikipedia
In 1609, Spain gave lands to the Jesuits where the Order established 30 Missionary Reductions: 8 in what is now Paraguay, 13 in Argentina and 7 in Brazil. Photo Reducciones.PNG: Loco085derivative work: Rowanwindwhistler (talk) - CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
18th century Brazilian Jesuit. Photo Public domain, Wikipedia
Reduction of Guarani Indians in the 18th century; cavalry drill in the centre of the square. To defend against attacks, some mission villages were authorised to maintain armed militias. Illustration by Jesuit Florian Paucke. Photo Public domain, Wikipedia
The sophisticated urban plan for the Reduction of São João Batista in Rio Grande do Sul was part of a Guaran missionary centre established in the lands between Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina. The Guarani Republic was considered the most perfect and lasting Christian social utopia - an expression of the organisational ideal of the Jesuits. Photo Desconhecidos - IPHAN, CC BY 4.0, Wikipedia
Jesuits and Indians cross the river. Illustration by missionary Florian Paucke. Photo scan of images - Angelika Kitzmantel, "Die Jesuitenmissionare Martin Dobrizhoffer und Florian Pauckeund ihre Beiträge zur Ethnographie des Gran Chacoim 18. Jahrhundert" (Jesuit missionaries Martin Dobrizhoffer and Florian Paucke and their contribution to the ethnography of the Gran Chaco in the 18th century) - Public domain, Wikipedia
Sculptures from Jesuit Reductions in the La Plata Museum in Argentina. Photo Lmalena - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikipedia
Nossa Senhora da Conceição – a figure of the Virgin Mary with indigenous facial features. It comes from Sete Povos das Missões (Seven Tribes of the Mission - the name of seven villages founded by Spanish Jesuits in the Rio Grande de São Pedro region, now Rio Grande do Sul). Collection at the Júlio de Castilhos Museum in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Photo Ricardo André Frantz (User:Tetraktys), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia
Ruins of the Jesuit Reduction of São Miguel das Missões, in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul region. The site was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983. Photo: Renato A. Costa - [1], CC BY 2.0, Wikipedia
“Tesoro de la Lengua Guaran”, 1639 – written by the Peruvian Jesuit Antonio Ruiz de Montoya. It was the first Guarana-Spanish dictionary. Photo https://archive.org/details/tesorodelalengua00ruiz/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater, Public Domain, Wikipedia
Concepción Church, Chiquitos Mission, Bolivia. Photo Daan, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikipedia
Detail of the altar in the Church of Concepción, Chiquitos mission, Bolivia. Photo Bamse - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikipedia
Detail of the painting on the facade of the Church of San Rafael de Velasco, Chiquitos Mission, Bolivia. Photo Bamse - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikipedia
Interior of the Church of San Javier, Chiquitos Mission, Bolivia. Photo Bamse - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikipedia
Mission Church of San Ignacio Kadakaamán, Baja California, Mexico. Photo Tomás Castelazo - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikipedia
Mission of San Pedro and San Pablo del Tubutama, Sonora, Mexico. Photo NPS - NPS, Public Domain, Wikipedia
Altar in the Church of San Miguel de Velasco, Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Part of the world heritage of the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos. Photo Bamse - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikipedia