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Alexander von Humboldt

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September 14, 1769 in Berlin, Germany

died

May 06, 1859

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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 (1767-1835). 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 (South America and Africa in particular). Later, hi...more

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	Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent by Alexander von Humboldt, Jason Wilson (Translator, Introduction), Malcolm Nicolson (Introduction) 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1980 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Jaguars and Electric Eels 3.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Letters of Alexander Von Humboldt to Varnhagen Von Ense from 1827 to 1858 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1860 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Ansichten Der Natur 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994 — 26 editions	My rating:
	Das Große Lesebuch by Alexander von Humboldt, Oliver Lubrich (Herausgeber) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	My rating:
	Ensayo Político Sobre El Reino de la Nueva España. (Sepan Cuantos, #39) 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1811 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Kosmos. Entwurf Einer Physischen Weltbeschreibung by Alexander von Humboldt, Ottmar Ette 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1978 — 39 editions	My rating:
	Personal Narrative Of Travels To The Equinoctial Regions Of America, Vol. Ii (In 3 Volumes): During The Years 1799 1804 by Alexander von Humboldt, Thomasina Ross (Translator), Aimé Bonpland 2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, Vol. I (in 3 Volumes): During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt, Thomasina Ross (Translator), Aimé Bonpland 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume III 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2004 — 9 editions	My rating:

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“There are three stages of scientific discovery: first people deny it is true; then they deny it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.”
― Alexander von Humboldt

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“Die gefährlichste Weltanschauung ist die Weltanschauung derer, die die Welt nie angeschaut haben. (The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world)”
― Alexander von Humboldt

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“I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves.
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