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Alexander von Humboldt

14 September 1769 - 6 May 1859.

[Deutsch] Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (geb. 1769 in Berlin; gest. 1859 ebenda) war ein deutscher Universalgelehrter, Forschungsreisender und Naturforscher. Er bereiste Süd- und Mittelamerika (Neu-Granada, Peru und Neu-Spanien), die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und Zentralasien (Russland, Sibirien).
Humboldt arbeitete wissenschaftlich in den Bereichen der Botanik, Zoologie, Ethnologie, Geographie, Ozeanographie, Geologie, Mineralogie, Vulkanologie (Neptunismus), Klimatologie, Physik, Chemie und Astronomie. Er gilt als Mitbegründer der Geographie als empirischer Wissenschaft.

[Français] Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (né en 1769 à Berlin, mort en 1859 à Berlin) était un polymathe allemand, explorateur et naturaliste. Il a voyagé vers l'Amérique du Sud et Centrale (Nouvelle-Grenade, le Pérou et la Nouvelle-Espagne), les États-Unis d'Amérique et d'Asie centrale (Russie, Sibérie).
Humboldt a travaillé scientifiquement dans les domaines de la botanique, la zoologie, l'anthropologie, la géographie, l'océanographie, la géologie, la minéralogie, la volcanologie (Neptunisme), la climatologie, la physique, la chimie et l'astronomie. Il est l'un des fondateurs de la géographie comme une science empirique.

[English] Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (b. 1769 in Berlin, d. 1859 in Berlin) was a German polymath, explorer and naturalist. He traveled to South and Central America (New Granada, Peru and New Spain), the United States of America and Central Asia (Russia, Siberia).
Humboldt scientifically worked in the fields of botany, zoology, anthropology, geography, oceanography, geology, mineralogy, volcanology (Neptunism), climatology, physics, chemistry and astronomy. He is one of the founders of geography as an empirical science.

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  • Cover of: Briefe zwischen A. v. Humboldt und Gauss

    First published in 1877 3 editions in 2 languages
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  • Cover of: Alexander von Humboldt: sein Leben in Selbstzeugnissen, Briefen und Berichten

    First published in 1853 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Alexander von Humboldt\'s Reise in die Aequinoctial-Gegenden des neuen Kontinents: Band I

    First published in 2001 3 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1808 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Letters of Alexander von Humboldt to Varnhagen von Ense.: From 1827 to 1858. With extracts from Varnhagen's diaries, and letters of Varnhagen and others to Humboldt.

    First published in 1860 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition alexandlettersof00humbrich Cover of edition lettersalexande00assigoog
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  • Cover of: On isothermal lines, and the distribution of heat over the globe

    First published in 1820 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Vues des Cordillères: et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique

    First published in 1810 3 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition pittoreskeansich00humbrich
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  • Cover of: Letters Of Alexander Von Humboldt To Varnhagen Von Ense From 1827 To 1858

    First published in 2007 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 (Large Print Edition): Personal Narrative of Travels

    First published in 2006 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ansichten der Natur: ein Blick in Humboldts Lebenswerk

    First published in 1977 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Selections from the Works of the Baron de Humboldt, Relating to the Climate, Inhabitants, Productions, and Mines of Mexico

    First published in 2018 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ansichten der Natur

    First published in 2016 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Letters of Alexander von Humboldt written between the years 1827 and 1858 to Varnhagen von Ense: together with extracts from Varnhagen's diaries, and letters of Varnhagen and others to Humboldt

    First published in 1860 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain: containing researches relative to the geography of Mexico, The extent of its surface and its political division into intendancies, The physical aspect of the country, The population, the state of agriculture and manufacturing and commercial industry, The canals projected between the South Sea and Atlantic Ocean, The crown revenues, The quantity of the precious metals which have flowed from Mexico into Europe and Asia, since the discovery of the new continent, And the miliary defence of New Spain : with physical sections and maps, founded on astronomical observations, and trigonometrical and barometrical measurements

    First published in 1811 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt: being a condensed narrative of his journeys in equinoctial regions of America, and in Asiatic Russia : together with analyses of his more important investigations

    First published in 1838 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain . . Volume; Volume 1

    First published in 2018 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: del Orinoco Al Amazonas

    First published in 1971 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America: during the years 1799-1804, by Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland

    First published in 1889 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Voyage aux régions équinoctiales du Nouveau Continent, fait dans les années 1799-1804.

    First published in 1805 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Cosmos, essai d'une description physique du monde; tr. par H. Faye (C. Galusky).

    First published in 1846 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition cosmosessaidune00humbgoog
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Subjects
Description and travel, Natural history, Scientific expeditions, Science, History, Physical geography, Correspondence, Scientists, Voyages and travels, Travel, Antiquities, Phytogeography, Statistics, Botany, Astronomy, Indians of Mexico, Indians of South America, Plant morphology, Humboldt, alexander von, 1769-1859, Mines and mineral resources, Cosmology, Mountains, Discovery and exploration, Geography, Cosmography
Places
South America, Mexico, Germany, Peru, Andes, America, Latin America, Venezuela, Cuba, Ecuador, Colombia, Siberia (Russia), Andes Region, Central Asia, Europe, France, Asia, New Spain, Atlantic Ocean, Central America, Chimborazo Mountain (Ecuador), Guatemala, North America, Soviet Union, Amérique du Sud
People
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858), Alexander von Humboldt, Christopher Columbus, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense (1785-1858), Aimé Bonpland, Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), Christian Karl Josias Bunsen Freiherr von (1791-1860), Frederick William IV King of Prussia (1795-1861), August Boeckh (1785-1867), Augusta Empress, consort of William I, German Emperor (1811-1890), C. G. J. Jacobi (1804-1851), Carl Ritter (1779-1859), Christian Daniel Rauch (1777-1857), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876), Claire de Durfort Duras duchesse de (1777-1828), E. A. Rossmässler (1806-1867), Eduard Kretzschmar (1807-1858), Emil Heinrich Du Bois-Reymond (1818-1896), F. H. v. Kittlitz (1799-1874), F. W. Bessel (1784-1846), François Vallès, Frederick II King of Prussia (1712-1786), Harry Alverson Franck (1881-), Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780-1850)
Time
19th century, Spanish colony, 1540-1810, 1540-1810, Louis Philippe, 1830-1848, 1517-1821, 1800, 1801-1900, 18th century, Louis Philip, 1830-1848

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  • Alexander Humboldt
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  • Humboldt, Alexander Freiherr von.
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  • A. Baron von Humboldt
  • Friedrich Wilhelm H . Alexander Humboldt
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  • Aleksander Humboldt
  • Alejandro de Humboldt
  • Alex . v. Humboldt
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  • Humboldt Alexander von
  • Alexander Von 1769-1859 Humboldt
  • Alexander von Humbolt
  • Alexander von 1769-1859 Humboldt

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