Felipe Bauza
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Felipe Bauzá y Cañas FMRS (1764 Palma de Mallorca
- 1834 London
) was a Spanish Captain, politician, geographer, and astronomer.
(1808).
After the war in 1815, he was appointed director of the Hydrographic Office.
He belonged to the commission, that drafted the maritime Atlas of Spain.
He corresponded with the astronomer José Joaquín Ferrer y Cafranga, and with Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza
.
He had contact with Alexander von Humboldt
, during his stay in Spain in 1798.
He was the cartographer of the Malaspina expedition in 1788, which is why New Zealand has an island with his name: Bauzá island or "Island of the mosquitoes."
He was deputy to the Cortes Generales
for Mallorca during the Three Liberal Years (1820-1823), with Jose Agustin de Larramendi.
With the return of absolutism, he was exiled to London, after being sentenced to death, and his property was confiscated. He died there shortly after receiving the amnesty of 1833.
He was buried with honors in Westminster Abbey
.
The British Library maintains a collection of his maps (The Collection of Spanish colonial Bauzà mapping).
Palma de Mallorca
Palma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The names Ciutat de Mallorca and Ciutat were used before the War of the Spanish Succession and are still used by people in Majorca. However, the official name...
- 1834 London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
) was a Spanish Captain, politician, geographer, and astronomer.
Life
He fled to Cadiz after refusing to submit his work mapping to the army of Napoleon at the beginning of the Peninsular WarPeninsular War
The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...
(1808).
After the war in 1815, he was appointed director of the Hydrographic Office.
He belonged to the commission, that drafted the maritime Atlas of Spain.
He corresponded with the astronomer José Joaquín Ferrer y Cafranga, and with Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza
Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza
Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza was a Basque Spanish noble, an Admiral of the Royal Spanish Armada, a scientist and Major of Mutriku, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar while commanding the ship of the line San Juan Nepomuceno.He received his early years education in the Seminary of Burgos...
.
He had contact with Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt...
, during his stay in Spain in 1798.
He was the cartographer of the Malaspina expedition in 1788, which is why New Zealand has an island with his name: Bauzá island or "Island of the mosquitoes."
He was deputy to the Cortes Generales
Cortes Generales
The Cortes Generales is the legislature of Spain. It is a bicameral parliament, composed of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate . The Cortes has power to enact any law and to amend the constitution...
for Mallorca during the Three Liberal Years (1820-1823), with Jose Agustin de Larramendi.
With the return of absolutism, he was exiled to London, after being sentenced to death, and his property was confiscated. He died there shortly after receiving the amnesty of 1833.
He was buried with honors in Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
.
The British Library maintains a collection of his maps (The Collection of Spanish colonial Bauzà mapping).
External links
- "The London Years of Felipe Bauzá: Spanish Hydrographer in Exile, 1823–34" Journal of Navigation (1981), 34: 319-340
- "Felipe Bauzá", Spanish wikipedia