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'''Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle''' (26 March 1762 – March 1849) was a French geographer, writer, poet and [[ambassador]] to the U.S.
== Ambassador ==
Born in [[Lons-le-Saunier]], Roux de Rochelle was head of division at the [[Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]], then was appointed [[Minister Plenipotentiary]] of France to [[Hamburg]] from 1826 to 1830, then to the [[United States]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] from 1830 to 1831.
== Geographer ==
He was a member of several [[Learned society|learned]] and [[literary society|literary societies]], including the [[Société de Géographie]] (of which he was for the third time the president of the Central Commission) and of the Société philotechniqne.
Roux de Rochelle died in Paris at approximatively age of 87.
== Writer ==
He wrote several geographical and historical works.<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&query=%28gallica%20all%20%22Jean%20Baptiste%20Gaspard%20Roux%20de%20Rochelle%22%29&lang=fr&suggest=0 Jean Baptiste Gaspard Roux de Rochelle] on [[Gallica]]</ref>
* ''Les Trois âges, ou les Jeux olympiques, l'Amphithéâtre et la Chevalerie'',<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/715944844 ''Les Trois âges, ou les Jeux olympiques, l'Amphithéâtre et la Chevalerie''] on [[WorldCat]]</ref> poems in VI chants, with notes. Paris, F. Didot, 1816.
*''Recueil de voyages et de mémoires'' including ''Voyages de Marco Polo'',<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29141752 ''Voyages de Marco Polo : In Société de géographie, Paris''] on WorldCat</ref> Paris, 1824
* ''La Byzanciade'',<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/493356464 ''La byzanciade, poëme''] on WorldCat</ref> poem (epic, in XIV chants). Paris, F. Didot et fils , 1822.
* ''Lettres des États-Unis'', 1835
* ''Les États-Unis, (Histoire de ces États)''. Paris, F. Didot fr., 1836.
* ''Histoire du Régiment de Champagne'',<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/67256631 ''Histoire du Régiment de Champagne''] on WorldCat</ref> F. Didot, Paris, 1839
* ''Épopée de Fernan Cortes''
* ''Villes Anséatiques'',<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/433729516 ''Villes Anséatiques''] on WorldCat</ref> Firmin Didot, Paris, 1844
* ''Histoire d'Italie'',<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/503835874 ''Histoire d'Italie''] on WorldCat</ref> F. Didot, Paris, 1847
== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.artnet.fr/artists/lotdetailpage.aspx?lot_id=CC51FB3D40EDA327 Portrait peint de Roux de Rochelle]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=jot8gc-j8AwC&dq=Jean+Baptiste+Gaspard+Roux+de+Rochelle&pg=PA255 Joseph Marie Quérard, ''La France littéraire: ou Dictionnaire bibliographique des savants'', Firmin Didot, Paris, 1836.]
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=rA87AAAAcAAJ Recueil de voyages et mémoires]
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