Florian Baucke

Florian Baucke, also Florian Paucke, Florian Pauke, , Silesia/Lands of the [Bohemian Crown|Bohemian Royal Lands], Habsburg monarchy 14 July 1779, Neuhaus, Bohemia, Austria) was a Silesian and Bohemian Jesuit missionary, who recorded the native traditions of South America.
Baucke was born in Winzig, Lower Silesia, then Austria.
In 1736, he became a member of the Society of Jesus.
He worked mainly in the Governorate of the Río [de la Plata|Río de la Plata], 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 Zwettl Abbey, Zwettl, Lower Austria.