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Alexander von Humboldt
Berlin 1769-1859 Berlin,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 travelled to Latin America, exploring and describing it from a scientific point of view for the first time. 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 were once joined (South America and Africa in particular). Later, his five-volume work Kosmos (1845) attempted to unify the various branches of scientific knowledge.
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Painting ID:: 38721
Herbarium
mk141
ca.1800-03
Dried plants mounted on cardboard
38x23cm
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Painting ID:: 38722
Bignonia chicagoensis Bureau
mk141
Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 38723
Lobelia Fulgens
mk141
Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 38724
Lobelia fulgens
mk141
Oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 38725
Solanum humboldtili
mk141
Oil on canvas
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Alexander von Humboldt
Berlin 1769-1859 Berlin,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 travelled to Latin America, exploring and describing it from a scientific point of view for the first time. 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 were once joined (South America and Africa in particular). Later, his five-volume work Kosmos (1845) attempted to unify the various branches of scientific knowledge.
. Related Artists to Alexander von Humboldt: | john keats | Abbey, Edwin Austin | Jean-Pierre-Alexandre Antigna | Edward Matthew Ward | Samuel Hieronymous Grimm |
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