Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen
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Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen (1816-1878) was a Brazilian diplomat and scholar, born in São João do Ypanema. He studied in Portugal, then returned to Brazil in 1859, was appointed Minister to Paraguay, but resigned because of his disapproval of the policies of López, President and Dictator of Paraguay. In 1865 he became Minister to Chile and Peru whence, in 1868, he was transferred to Vienna, where he died. He was the author of:
- Florilegio de poesia brasileira (1850-53)
- Trovas e Cantares (1853)
- Historia do Brasil (1854-57)
- Examen de quelques points de l'histoire Géographique du Brésil (1858)
- Amerigo Vespucci (1865)
- Nouvelles recherches sur les derniers voyages du navigateur florentin (1869)
- Introduction to the reprint of Garcia de Orta, Colóquios dos Simples e Drogas da India (1872)
- Ainda A. Vespucci (1874)
- This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.
