Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan, Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan

Brazilian explorer, geographer, soldier and politician

Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan
Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan

Born	(1812-05-12)12 May 1812 Niterói, Colonial Brazil
Died	19 July 1894(1894-07-19) (aged 82) Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
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.

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. 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).

References

^ ^a ^b "Beaurepaire-Rohan, Henriques de" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
^ ^a ^b "Beaurepaire-Rohan, Henry de" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. 1900.