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See also:ADRIAN See also:BALBI (1782-1848)
, See also:Italian geographer, was See also:born at See also:Venice on the 25th of See also:April 1782
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The publication of his Prospetto politico-geografico dello See also:state allude del globe (Venice,
18o8) obtained his See also:election to the See also:chair of See also:professor of See also:geography at the See also:college of See also:San Michele at See also:Murano; in 18r1–1813 he was professor of physics at the See also:Lyceum of Fenno, and afterwards became attached to the customs See also:office at his native See also:city
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In 182o he visited See also:Portugal, and there collected materials for his Essai statistique sur le royaume de Portugal et d' See also:Algarve, published in 1822 at See also:Paris, where the author resided from 1821 until 1832
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This was followed by Varietes politiques et statistiques de la monarchie portugaise, which contains some curious observations respecting that See also:country under the See also:Roman sway
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In 1826 he published the first See also:volume of his See also:Atlas ethnographique du globe, ou See also:classification See also:des peuples anciens et modernes d'apres leurs langues, a See also:work of See also:great erudition
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In 1832 appeared the Abrege de Geographic, which, in an enlarged See also:form, was translated into the See also:principal See also:languages of See also:Europe
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See also:Balbi retired to See also:Padua and there died on the 14th of See also: |
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