Varnhagen, Francisco Adolfo de, Visconde de Porto Seguro, 1816-1878
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so09Description of the state of Maranhão, Pará, Corupá and Rio das Amazonas made by Mauricio de Heriarte, Auditor General and Overseer of Morals under Don Pedro de Mello, year 1662
Description of the state of Maranhão, Pará, Corupá and Rio das Amazonas made by Mauricio de Heriarte, Auditor General and Overseer of Morals under Don Pedro de Mello, year 1662book chapter 1874
- Summary
- Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, Viscount of Porto Seguro, was a Brazilian diplomat and historian. He is the patron of the 39th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He is considered "the father of modern Brazilian historical scholarship." Wikipedia
- Gender or Sex
- Male [1][2][3][4][5]
- Born
- 1816 [2]
- 1816-02-17 [5]
- Birth Place
- Iperó [5]
- Died
- 1878 [2]
- 1878-06-29 [5]
- Death Place
- Vienna [5]
- Country
- Brazil [2]
- Language
- Portuguese [3]
- Occupation
- diplomat [5]
- historian [5]
- military personnel [5]
- writer [5]
- Profession
- Diplomat [2]
- Educated at
- Colégio Militar [5]
- Country of Education
- Portugal [5]
- Encyclopædia Britannica
- Biography [5]
- Yale LUX
- Entity [5]
- Sources
- 1. VIAF
- 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany)
- 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France
- 4. Library of Congress
- 5. Wikidata
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