Conrad Malte-Brun

Conrad Malte-Brun
Born12 August 1775 Edit this on Wikidata
Denmark Edit this on Wikidata
Died14 December 1826 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 51)
Paris Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationWriter Edit this on Wikidata

Conrad Malte-Brun[needs Danish IPA] (French: [kɔ̃ʁad malt bʁœ̃]; born Malthe Conrad Bruun; 12 August 1775 – 14 December 1826), sometimes referred to simply as Malte-Brun,[1] was a Dano-French geographer and journalist. His second son, Victor Adolphe Malte-Brun, was also a geographer. Today he is perhaps best remembered for coining the name for the geographic region Oceania (French Océanie) around 1812, he also coined the name Indo-China.

  1. ^ Ripley, George; Dana, Charles A., eds. (1879). "Malte-Brun" . The American Cyclopædia.