Barao da Ponte Ribeiro: Memory of World Register for Latin America

Brazilian Collection added to the Memory of the World Register for Latin America The “Barão da Ponte Ribeiro: the making of Latin American identity (1794-1884)” collection has been inscribed in the regional Register of the Memory of the World by the selection committee of the Memory of the World for Latin America (MOWLAC). The collection comprises manuscripts and cartographic documents collected or created by the Baron Duarte da Ponte Ribeiro and is housed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's Center for Historical Documentation, in Rio de Janeiro. Duarte da Ponte Ribeiro (1795-1878) was a physician, diplomat and cartographer, whose diplomatic work in the establishment of Brazilian borders is among the most important achievements of Brazilian diplomacy in the 19th century.