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WIMPFFEN-BERNEBURG, Alexander Stanislaus, explorer, born in Deux-Ponts in 1748; died in Paris in 1819. He was a younger brother of the two French generals, Francois Louis and Felix, received his education in his native city, entered the French army, and served in this country as a captain under Count Rochambeau in 1781-'2. He was afterward employed in the West Indies, but resigned in 1788, and visited the West Indies and Mexico. In 1804 he secured an employment in the military household of Napoleon I., which he retained till 1814, when he retired to private life. He wrote "Voyage a Saint Domingue clans les annees 1788, 1789, and 1790" (2 vols., Paris, 1797), which was translated into German as "Reisen nach St. Domingo" (Erfurt, 1798), and into English (London, 1797); "Voyage dans les Antilles Francaises et Espagnoles" (Paris, 1799) ; "Impressions de voyage et essai sur le royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne" (1802); and "Histoire naturelle du Cacao el du Sucre" (1805).
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