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• ADRIAN
• ADRIAN, SAINT

ADRIAN See also:

• ADRIAN BALBI (1782-1848)

BALBI (1782-1848)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian geographer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice on the 25th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1782 . The publication of his Prospetto politico-geografico dello See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state allude del globe (Venice, 18o8) obtained his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography at the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of See also:

• SAN

San Michele at See also:

• MURANO (anc. Ammariuno)

Murano; in 18r1–1813 he was professor of physics at the See also:

• LYCEUM

Lyceum of Fenno, and afterwards became attached to the customs See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office at his native See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . In 182o he visited See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal, and there collected materials for his Essai statistique sur le royaume de Portugal et d' See also:

• ALGARVE, or ALGARVES

Algarve, published in 1822 at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, where the author resided from 1821 until 1832 . This was followed by Varietes politiques et statistiques de la monarchie portugaise, which contains some curious observations respecting that See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country under the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman sway . In 1826 he published the first See also:

• VOLUME

volume of his See also:

• ATLAS

Atlas ethnographique du globe, ou See also:

• CLASSIFICATION (Lat. classis, a class, probably from the root cal-, cla-, as in Gr. icaMce, clamor)

classification See also:

• DES

des peuples anciens et modernes d'apres leurs langues, a See also:

• WORK

work of See also:

• GREAT

great erudition . In 1832 appeared the Abrege de Geographic, which, in an enlarged See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, was translated into the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . See also:

• BALBI, ADRIAN (1782-1848)

Balbi retired to See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua and there died on the 14th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1848 . His son, Eugenio Balbi (1812-1884), followed a similar career, being professor of geography at See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia, and See also:

• PUBLISHING

publishing his See also:

• FATHER

father's Scritti Geografici (See also:

• TURIN

Turin, 1841), and See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• WORKS

works in Gea, ossia la terra (See also:

• TRIESTE (Ger. Triest; Slay. Trst; the Roman Tergeste, q.v.)

Trieste, 1854–1867) and Saggio di geografia (See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan, 1868) .