Florian Baucke, also Florian Paucke, Florian Pauke, (24 September 1719, Winzig (),

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. Baucke was born in Winzig, Lower Silesia, then Austria. In 1736, he became a member of the

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(Jesuite). He worked mainly in the

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, Imperial Spain, and drew and painted the customs of the region. He returned to Austria and Bohemia in 1768. He died, aged 59, in Neuhaus, Bohemia. His original manuscripts are in the Library of the

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, Lower Austria.

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* Andreas Kobler (1816–92): ''Pater Florian Baucke ein Jesuit in Paraguay.'' 1870 * Augustin Bringmann: ''Pater Florian Baucke, ein deutscher Missionär in Paraguay.'' 1908 * * 1719 births 1779 deaths 18th-century Austrian Jesuits Czech Jesuits 18th-century explorers 18th-century people from Bohemia 18th-century Spanish writers 18th-century male writers 18th-century Argentine people Austrian expatriates in Spain Czech expatriates in Spain Austrian expatriates in Argentina People from Austrian Silesia German Bohemian people German emigrants to the Austrian Empire People from Wołów County People from Jindřichův Hradec {{Poland-academic-bio-stub