Pedro Páez

Pedro Páez Jaramillo, S.J. was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Ethiopia. Páez is considered by many an expert on Ethiopia as the most effective Catholic missionary in Ethiopia. He is credited as the first European to see and describe the source of the Blue Nile, which he reached on 21 April 1618.

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Who was born first?

• Pedro Páez and William Adams were born the same year
• Pedro Páez was born 1 year before Henry Hudson
• Pedro Páez was born 1 year before Pedro Fernandes de Queirós
• Pedro Páez was born 1 year before Cornelis de Houtman
• Pedro Páez was born 2 years after Bento de Góis

Timeline

1. Bento de Góis1562 – April 11, 1607
2. Pedro Páez (this page)circa 1564 – May 20, 1622
3. William AdamsSeptember 24, 1564 – May 16, 1620
4. Cornelis de HoutmanApril 2, 1565 – September 1, 1599
5. Henry Hudsoncirca 1565 – June 1611
6. Pedro Fernandes de Queirós1565–1614

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