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Alexander von Humboldt

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Born: September 13 1769

Died: 0505 05 18591859

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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist, Wilhelm von Humboldt . Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography was foundational to the field of biogeography.

Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt traveled extensively in Latin America, exploring and describing it for the first time in a manner generally considered to be a modern scientific point of view. His description of the journey was written up and published in an enormous set of volumes over 21 years. He was one of the first to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean were once joined . Later, his five-volume work, Kosmos , attempted to unify the various branches of scientific knowledge. Humboldt supported and worked with other scientists, including Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, Justus von Liebig, Louis Agassiz, Matthew Fontaine Maury, and most notably, Aimé Bonpland, with whom he conducted much of his scientific exploration.

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Alexander von Humboldt

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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

Jaguars and Electric Eels (Penguin Great Journeys)

COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1

Views of Nature

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 1

Essay on the Geography of Plants

Podróż po rzece Orinoko (Dziwy Świata)

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 2

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 Volume 3

Kosmos. Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung

Auf Dem Orinoko

Alexander von Humboldt. Seine Woche auf Teneriffa 1799

Es ist ein Treiben in mir: Entdeckungen und Einsichten

Das Buch der Begegnungen

Coffee Break Collection 003 - Nature

Das Buch der Begegnungen

Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras!

Durch das Land der Azteken

Alexander von Humboldt. Mein vielbewegtes Leben.: Der Forscher über sich und seine Werke. Ausgewählt und mit biographischen Zwischenstücken versehen

Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe Part Five 1858