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F lix de Azara, 18 de mayo de 1742 (Barbu ales, Huesca)-1821. (Espa a.) Fue militar, ingeniero, explorador, cart grafo, antrop logo y naturalista. Estudi en la Universidad de Huesca y en la Academia militar de Barcelona d nde se gradu en 1764. Sirvi en el regimiento de infanter a de Galicia y obtuvo el grado de lugarteniente en 1775. Siendo herido en la guerra de Argel, sobrevivi de milagro. Asimismo rechaz en 1815 la Orden de Isabel la Cat lica en protesta por los ideales absolutistas imperantes en Espa a. Mediante el tratado de San Ildefonso (1777), Espa a y Portugal fijaron los l mites de sus dominios en Am rica del Sur y Azara fue elegido como uno de los cart grafos encargados de delimitar con precisi n las fronteras. March a Sudam rica en 1781 para una misi n de algunos meses y vivi all veinte a os. Al principio se estableci en Asunci n, Paraguay, para realizar los preparativos necesarios y esperar al comisario portugu s. Sin embargo, pronto se interes por la fauna local y comenz a estudiarla acumulando el extenso archivo que m s tarde conform los cimientos de su obra cient fica. Cabe a adir, adem s, que colabor con Jos Artigas en el establecimiento de pueblos en las fronteras entre la Banda Oriental (actual Uruguay) y el Imperio del Brasil. Azara muri en Espa a en octubre de 1821, v ctima de una pulmon a;fue tambi n conocida su amistad con Goya, quien pint un retrato suyo.
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