Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan | |
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Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan | |
Born | Niterói, Colonial Brazil | 12 May 1812
Died | 19 July 1894 Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil | (aged 82)
Coat of Arms of the Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan |
Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan (12 May 1812 - 19 July 1894) was a Brazilian explorer, geographer, soldier and politician.
He was of French extraction. In 1845 he began the exploration of territory south of Rio de Janeiro. He penetrated into Paraguay. [1] He visited Bonpland at Borja. [2] He subsequently published the results of his exploration as Descripção de uma viagem de Cuyabá ao Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, 1846). [1]
He was promoted in 1850 to the rank of major of engineers, [2] and appointed by the Brazilian government to collect statistical information on the interior provinces of the country. He eventually became lieutenant-general in the Brazilian Army. In 1877 he published the important geographical work entitled Etudios acerca da organização da carta geographica e da historia physica e politica do Brazil (1877).
Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan | |
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Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan | |
Born | Niterói, Colonial Brazil | 12 May 1812
Died | 19 July 1894 Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil | (aged 82)
Coat of Arms of the Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan |
Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan (12 May 1812 - 19 July 1894) was a Brazilian explorer, geographer, soldier and politician.
He was of French extraction. In 1845 he began the exploration of territory south of Rio de Janeiro. He penetrated into Paraguay. [1] He visited Bonpland at Borja. [2] He subsequently published the results of his exploration as Descripção de uma viagem de Cuyabá ao Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, 1846). [1]
He was promoted in 1850 to the rank of major of engineers, [2] and appointed by the Brazilian government to collect statistical information on the interior provinces of the country. He eventually became lieutenant-general in the Brazilian Army. In 1877 he published the important geographical work entitled Etudios acerca da organização da carta geographica e da historia physica e politica do Brazil (1877).