Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan, Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan

Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan
Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan
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Born	(1812-05-12)12 May 1812 Niterói, Colonial Brazil
Died	Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
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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. He visited Bonpland at Borja. He subsequently published the results of his exploration as Descripção de uma viagem de Cuyabá ao Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro, 1846).

He was promoted in 1850 to the rank of major of engineers, 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).