Conrad Malte-Brun

CONRAD MALTE-BRUN (Denmark, 1755 - Paris, 1826).
"Universal geography or description of all parts of the world according to a new plan". 3 volumes.
Printer: L. Tasso. Barcelona, 1853.
In good condition with light rust stains.
Measurements: 28 x 18,5 x 5 cm (x3).
Set of three volumes written by Malte Brun and continued by his son Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun. Also a geographer, Malte-Brun was a Danish-French geographer and journalist. Today he is remembered above all for having coined, around 1812, the name of the geographical region of Oceania (in French Océanie); he also coined the name of Indochina. He was the founder of Les Annales des Voyages (in 1807) and Les Annales des Voyages, de la Géographie et de l'Histoire (in 1819), which encouraged observations and reports as a basis for research. He became known after contributing Tableau de la Pologne, a treatise on the geography of Poland. In 1822-1824 he was the first secretary general of the newly founded Société de Géographie. In 1822-1824 he was the first secretary general of the newly founded Société de Géographie.