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He was deputy for Mallorca at the [[Cortes Generales]] during the Three Liberal Years (1820-1823). In 1823 however, due to the persecution of liberals by king [[Ferdinand VII of Spain]], Bauza was sentenced to death and had to flee to London with his son, while his wife and daughter remained in Madrid. He took with him his large collection of geographical documents and maps of the Americas and Spain. In London he had contacts with many prominent English and European scientists, and sold many of his charts to the British Hydrographic Office. |
He was deputy for Mallorca at the [[Cortes Generales]] during the Three Liberal Years (1820-1823). In 1823 however, due to the persecution of liberals by king [[Ferdinand VII of Spain]], Bauza was sentenced to death and had to flee to London with his son, while his wife and daughter remained in Madrid. He took with him his large collection of geographical documents and maps of the Americas and Spain. In London he had contacts with many prominent English and European scientists, and sold many of his charts to the British Hydrographic Office. |
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In 1833 his death sentence was vacated. He was planning to return to Spain, however he died of a brain haemorrhage in March 1834. He |
In 1833 his death sentence was vacated. He was planning to return to Spain, however he died of a brain haemorrhage in March 1834. He is buried at [[Westminster Abbey]]. |
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He was buried with honors in [[Westminster Abbey]]. |
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The British Library maintains a collection of his maps (The Collection of Spanish colonial Bauzà mapping).<ref>http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/maps/spanishcolonial/index.html</ref> |
The British Library maintains a collection of his maps (The Collection of Spanish colonial Bauzà mapping).<ref>http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelprestype/maps/spanishcolonial/index.html</ref> |
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 Portrait of Felipe Bauzá, 1800, Museo Naval de Madrid (Naval Museum of Madrid) |
Felipe Bauzá y Cañas (1764 Palma de Mallorca - 1834 London) was a Spanish naval officer and cartographer.[1]
Biography
He was born on 17 February 1764 in Palma de Mallorca. He studied at the nautical college of Cartagena, Spain and qualified as a maritime pilot. In 1785 he started training as a hydrographer under cartographer Vincente Tofino, whom he helped chart the Mediterranean coastline of Spain.[2]
He was the main cartographer of the Malaspina expedition to the Americas, Oceania and Australasia between 1789 and 1794, and the Bauzá Island in New Zealand is named after him. At the end of that expedition he travelled across South America by land and created a map of the Andes area.
In 1797 he started working at the Hydrography Office in Madrid, of which he became director in 1815. He was highly esteemed as a cartographer, both by the Spanish government and by foreign authorities. He was honoured with the Russian Cross of St Vladimir (1816) and by being appointed as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society of London (1819).
He was deputy for Mallorca at the Cortes Generales during the Three Liberal Years (1820-1823). In 1823 however, due to the persecution of liberals by king Ferdinand VII of Spain, Bauza was sentenced to death and had to flee to London with his son, while his wife and daughter remained in Madrid. He took with him his large collection of geographical documents and maps of the Americas and Spain. In London he had contacts with many prominent English and European scientists, and sold many of his charts to the British Hydrographic Office.
In 1833 his death sentence was vacated. He was planning to return to Spain, however he died of a brain haemorrhage in March 1834. He is buried at Westminster Abbey.
The British Library maintains a collection of his maps (The Collection of Spanish colonial Bauzà mapping).[3]
References
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