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Christian Tuxen Falbe

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Died
  
1849

Christian Tuxen Falbe (1792–1849) was a Danish sailor, explorer, cartographer and diplomat. As consul to the Beylik of Tunis between 1821 and 1831, he was the first to perform an archaeological survey on the site of Carthage and the first to produce a modern map of Tunis.

Literature

  • Houda Baïr, « La première carte moderne de Tunis (1831-1832). Le travail de Falbe en contexte », Revue européenne de géographie (2009).
  • P. Brock, "Falbe, Christian Tuxen" in: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon vol. 5 (1891).

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