Henrique de Beaurepaire-Rohan | |
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| Viscount of Beaurepaire-Rohan | |
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| Born | 12 May 1812 Niterói, Colonial Brazil |
| Died | 19 July 1894 (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.
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).
Alberto Santos-Dumont was a Brazilian aeronaut, sportsman, inventor, and one of the few people to have contributed significantly to the early development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, he dedicated himself to aeronautical study and experimentation in Paris, where he spent most of his adult life. He designed, built, and flew the first powered airships and won the Deutsch Prize in 1901, when he flew around the Eiffel Tower in his airship No. 6, becoming one of the most famous people in the world in the early 20th century.
Samba is a lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4(2 by 4) time danced to samba music.
Cantagalo, formerly spelled Cantagallo, is a city located in the east-central area of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. The population is 20,168 in an area of 749 km2. Its elevation is 391 m (1,283 ft).
Guará is a municipality situated in the northern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 21,308 in an area of 362 km2. The elevation is 573 m.
Guanabara Bay is an oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lie the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, and on its eastern shore the cities of Niterói and São Gonçalo. Four other municipalities surround the bay's shores. Guanabara Bay is the second largest bay in area in Brazil, at 412 square kilometres (159 sq mi), with a perimeter of 143 kilometres (89 mi).
Antônio Gonçalves Dias was a Brazilian Romantic poet, playwright, ethnographer, lawyer and linguist. A major exponent of Brazilian Romanticism and of the literary tradition known as "Indianism", he is famous for writing "Canção do exílio", the short narrative poem I-Juca-Pirama, the unfinished epic Os Timbiras, and many other nationalist and patriotic poems that would award him posthumously with the title of national poet of Brazil. He was also an avid researcher of Native Brazilian languages and folklore.
Pedro Henrique of Orléans-Braganza, was a great-grandson of the last emperor of Brazil, Pedro II, and one of two claimants to the abolished throne.
Theóphile Auguste Stahl or simply Augusto Stahl, as he was known in Brazil, was a French photographer who lived during the 19th century. Born in Bergamo, in Italy, son of a Lutheran priest, Stahl disembarked in Recife on December 31, 1853, on board the ship Thames, of the Royal Mail. He operated in Pernambuco until 1861, moving to Rio de Janeiro and receiving from the emperor D. Pedro II the title of Photographo da Casa Imperial, on April 21, 1862. A landscaper photographer, Stahl demonstrated interest for the tropical nature. He also documented the construction of the second Brazilian railway and the visit of Dom Pedro II to Recife, in 1858. He participated in various expositions of photographies in the 1860s. Stahl is known also for portraiting the everyday life of the Black slave.
Eliseu Visconti, born Eliseo d'Angelo Visconti was an Italian-born Brazilian painter, cartoonist, and teacher. He is considered one of the very few impressionist painters of Brazil. He is considered the initiator of the art nouveau in Brazil.
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Princess Maria Elisabeth of Bavaria, nicknamed "Empress-mother", was Empress Consort by right of Brazil from 1937 to 1981, by her marriage to Pedro Henrique of Brazil, His son Bertrand of Brazil is the current head of the Imperial House of Brazil, position that has already been held by his other son Luiz Gastão of Brazil and her husband. It was also grandmother the princes, Rafael, Amélia, Pedro Luiz and Maria Gabriela children of Prince Antônio of Brazil, current Imperial Prince of Brazil, if Brazil had quantified to be a monarchy she would have been the Empress Consort of Brazil from 1937 to 1981, was the eldest daughter of Prince Franz of Bavaria, third son of Ludwig III of Bavaria.
Gastão Luís Henrique Robert d'Escragnolle, Baron d'Escragnolle was a Brazilian politician, military figure and nobleman. He was son of French noblemen Alexandre Louis Marie de Robert, count d'Escragnolle, and Adelaïde Françoise Madeleine de Beaurepaire-Rohan.
Del Castilho is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many of the streets are named after impressionist artists, such as Van Gogh and Renoir.
Wilhelm Theodor (von) Schiefler, alsoGuilherme Henrique Theodoro Schiefler was a German-Brazilian writer, professor and linguist.
Henrique Bernardelli was a Brazilian painter.
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José da Silva Lisboa, first Baron and Viscount of Cairu, was a Brazilian economist, historian, jurist, publicist and politician, active at the time of the Independence of Brazil and credited for the promotion of important economic reforms. He held various positions in the economic and political administration of Brazil after the transfer or the Portuguese Court in 1808, including Deputy of the Royal Chamber of Commerce and Judge of the House of Supplication.
Luís Henrique Ferreira de Aguiar was the consul general of the Empire of Brazil in the United States from 1842 until his death.
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