Samuel Fritz

Samuel Fritz SJ was a Czech Jesuit missionary, noted for his exploration of the Amazon River and its basin. He spent most of his life preaching to Indigenous communities in the western Amazon region, including the Omaguas, the Yurimaguas, the Aisuare, the Ibanomas, and the Ticunas. In 1707 he produced the first accurate map of the Amazon River, establishing as its source the Marañón. ^{Samuel Fritz, Czech Jesuit missionary to South America (d. 1725?)}

9 April 1654

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Abraham Ribicoff • Aulis Sallinen • Charles Proteus Steinmetz • Daniel Johnson Sr. • Demi Vermeulen • Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway • Jamie Redfern • Jan Letzel • Jerzy Maksymiuk • Mary Jackson (engineer) • Peter Canavan • Somerset Lowry-Corry, 4th Earl Belmore • Tiny Hill (rugby union) • Virginia Gibson

Born in the same month (April 1654): Charles Blount (deist)