Christian Tuxen Falbe

Christian Tuxen Falbe (17921849) was a Danish sailor, explorer, cartographer and diplomat. As consul to the Beylik of Tunis between 1821 and 1831, he the first to perform an archaeological survey on the site of Carthage and the first to produce a modern map of Tunis.

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