Félix de Azara

Also known as Azara, Felix de Azara, D'Azara, Azara, Félix de, Félix de Azara y Perera, Félix Manuel de Azara y Perera

Spanish scientist (1742-1821)

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Born: 1746
Died: 1821
Works: 35

Top works

Diario de un reconocimiento de las guardas y fortines
Geografía, física y esférica de las provincias del Paraguay y misiones guaraníes
Voyages dans l'Amérique méridionale ... depuis 1781 jusqu'en 1801
Essais sur l'histoire naturelle des quadrupèdes de la Province du Paraguay
Viaggi nell'America Meridionale

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Félix
Gender: male
Citizenship: Spain
Place of birth: Barbuñales
Place of death: Barbuñales
Sibling: José Nicolás de Azara
Occupation: botanist
Languages spoken: Spanish
Field of work: cartography
Military rank: general
Image: Portrait of Félix de Azara by Goya.jpg

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Commons category: Félix de Azara
date of birth: 1742-05-18
date of death: 1821-10-20
Commons gallery: Félix de Azara
cause of death: pneumonia
manner of death: natural causes
place of burial: Holy Cathedral Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord
birth name: Félix de Azara y Perera

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Works in European collections

21 objects attributed to Félix de Azara, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Notes for the Natural History of the Quadrupeds of Paraguay and Rio de la Plata

Memoirs about the rural state of Rio de la Plata in 1801, demarcation of boundaries between Brazil and Paraguay in the late eighteenth century, and reports on several individuals from the Spanish South America

Description and history of Paraguay and Rio de la Plata

Memoirs on the Rural State of Rio de la Plata in 1801, demarcation of boundaries between Brazil and Paraguay in the late eighteenth century, and reports on... Southern Spanish America