Johann Andreas Schwebel

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Johann Andreas Schwebel ( Portuguese João André also Joam André) (baptized April 21, 1718 in Altdorf ; † 1759 or 1760 in Lisbon ) was a German draftsman and military architect . He is best known for his pen and ink drawings and as a topographer and cartographer .

Life

Schwebel was a son of Johann Georg Schwebel, a simple mill servant from Nuremberg , and his wife Margaret. He was baptized on April 21, 1718. He worked as an illustrator for historical works and was sent to Altdorf University in 1743 to study mathematics. In Lisbon, several domestic and foreign technicians, engineers, astronomers and cartographers were appointed by decree of the Portuguese government of October 19, 1750 for a period of five years to delimit the borders of the territories of South America from those of the Spanish crown. Schwebel was one of the German military personnel that King John V of Portugal hired for an expedition. From 1750 to 1757 the expedition for scientific studies was active in Portuguese America (in the Amazon region). In 1758, the captain engineer Schwebel made maps and views of this area. For their services as captain of the infantry on the expedition, Schwebel and two other German expedition members, Gaspar João Gerardo de Cronsfeld (or Gronsfeld) and Carlos Ignacio Reverend, received 49,800 reales each month for the year 1751 . In the middle of the year 1756 Schwebel was attacked by the tropical disease so that he had to stay in Belém until the end of 1757 , where he inspected and drew the fortifications. In 1758 he came to Lisbon where he continued to receive payments due to his illness caused by the expedition. He still carried out some work here and died there around 1759 or 1760.

Works (selection)

View of the fortress of São José da Barra on the Rio Negro (1756)
Cidade de Bellem (1758)
  • Paul Rapin de Thoyras, Johann Ludwig Brandmüller, Joao André Schwebel, Michael Rössler: Histoire d'Angleterre . Brandmüller, Basel 1740, OCLC 1039050946 .
  • Antonio de Solís, Marc-Michel Bousquet, François Foppens, Jacques-Antony Chovin, Joao André Schwebel, Robert Daudet: Historia de la conquista de Mexico… Marcos-Miguel Bousquet y Compañia, Brussels / Lausanne 1741, OCLC 715349732 .

Portfolio

  • Collecçam dos Prospectos das Aldeas, e Lugares etc. da Cidade do Pará the a Aldea de Marina no Rio-negro. Executa das pelo Captam Engenheiro Joam André Schwebel. Anno 1756. 25 sheets.

literature

Web links

Commons : Johann Andreas Schwebel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ José Feliciano Fernandes Pinheiro, Francisco Adolpho de Varnhagen, Manuel José Maria da Costa e Sá: Memorias do Instituto historico e geographico brasileiro… Volume 2 . Laemmert, Rio de Janeiro 1839, p. 176 (Portuguese, Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  2. ↑ Relacaõ dos officiaes de guerra, e mais pessoas, que se achaõ nomeadas por Sua Magestade, para a expedicaõ da America Portugueza . Jozé da Sylva da Natividade, Lisbon 1751 (Portuguese, Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
  3. ^ Carlos Henrique Oberacker Junior: Dois cartógrafos alemães a serviço do Brasil no século XVIII: Johann Andreas Schwebel e Filipe Sturm. In: Revista de história. Volume 44, No. 89, Universidade de São Paulo, March 1972, pp. 93-109, ISSN  2316-9141 ( revistas.usp.br ).
  4. ↑ Collecçam dos prospectos das aldeas, e lugares mais notaveis que se acham em o mapa que tiraram os englheiros de expediçam principiando da cidade do Pará the a aldea de Mariua no Rio-Negro bn.br
personal data
SURNAME Schwebel, Johann Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schwebel, João André
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman and military architect in Portuguese service in Brazil
DATE OF BIRTH baptized April 21, 1718
PLACE OF BIRTH Altdorf near Nuremberg
DATE OF DEATH 1759 or 1760
Place of death Lisbon