Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan, Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan

Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan
Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan
Born(1812-05-12)12 May 1812
Niterói, Colonial Brazil
Died19 July 1894(1894-07-19) (aged 82)
Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil

Coat of Arms of the Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan

Henrique Pedro Carlos de Beaurepaire-Rohan (12 May 1812 – 19 July 1894) was a Brazilian explorer, geographer, soldier and politician.

Biography

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. A member of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute,[3] he published in 1877 the important geographical work entitled Etudios acerca da organização da carta geographica e da historia physica e politica do Brazil (1877).

References

  1. 1 2 "Beaurepaire-Rohan, Henriques de" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
  2. 1 2 "Beaurepaire-Rohan, Henry de" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.
  3. ↑ BRASIL, ANE. "Henrique Pedro Carlos de Beaurepaire-Rohan". Academia Nacional de Engenharia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-08-19.


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