Editing Adriano Balbi

{{short description|Italian geographer}}
'''Adriano Balbi''' (April 25, 1782 – March 14, 1848), Italian geographer, was born at [[Venice]]. The publication of his ''Prospetto politico-geografico dello stato attuale del globo'' ([[Venice]], 1808) obtained his election to the chair of professor of geography at the college of [[San Michele at Murano]]; in 1811–1813 he was professor of physics at the [[Lyceum of Fermo]], and afterwards became attached to the customs office at his native city.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Balbi, Adrian|volume=3|page=240}}</ref>

In 1820 he visited [[Portugal]], and there collected materials for his ''Essai statistique sur le royaume de Portugal et d’Algarve'', published in 1822 at [[Paris]], where the author resided from 1821 until 1832. This was followed by ''Variétés politiques et statistiques de la monarchie portugaise'', which contains some observations respecting that country under the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] sway. In 1826 he published the first volume of his ''Atlas ethnographique du globe, ou classification des peuples anciens et modernes d’après leurs langues'', a work of great erudition.<ref name="EB1911"/> In 1829 he published, with [[Andre-Michel Guerry]], ''Statistique comparée de l'état de l'instruction et du nombre des crimes dans les divers arrondissements des Académies et des Cours Royales de France'', the first comparative [[choropleth map]] showing crime in relation to level of instruction.{{Citation needed|date=June 2018}}

In 1832 appeared the ''Abrégé de Geographie'', which, in an enlarged form, was translated. into the principal languages of Europe. Balbi retired to [[Padua]] and there died in 1848.<ref name="EB1911"/>

His son, [[Eugenio Balbi]] (1812–1884), followed a similar career, being professor of geography at [[Pavia]], and publishing his father's ''Scritti Geografici'' ([[Turin]], 1841), and original works in ''Gea, ossia la terra'' ([[Trieste]], 1854–1867) and ''Saggio di geografia'' ([[Milan]], 1868).<ref name="EB1911"/>

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