Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859)
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Baron Alexander von Humboldt was born in Berlin, Germany. During his early school years, he studied such subjects as geology, biology, metallurgy, and mining, and his main interest was in nature and other lands. In 1796 Humboldt traveled to the German Alps, where he measured the atmospheric toon meer pressure, humidity, and oxygen content of the air. Shortly after, in 1799, he was granted permission by the Spanish king to explore Spain's mysterious holdings in the Americas. For the next five years, he and his companion, Aime Bonplaud, explored the region that is now Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico. While in the Andes, he fell prey to mountain sickness, which led him to become the first person to explain that the sickness was caused by a lack of oxygen. During these travels, he and Bonplaud collected 60,000 plant specimens; mapped the area; and studied its climates, bodies of water, wildlife, and minerals. The findings of this exhaustive adventure were published in a 23-volume series, Voyage de Humboldt et Bonplaud (1805--34). In 1829, at the invitation of the Russian government, Humboldt made an expedition to Russia and Siberia, categorizing, observing, and recording as he went. One of the results of this expedition was a 5-volume work, Kosmos (1845-62), in which he tried to combine the vague ideals of the eighteenth century with the exact scientific requirements of his own. Considered one of the founders of modern geography, Humboldt showed geographers that there was more to the study of geography than the shape of Earth and its regions. He gave them a system of geographic inquiry, he was the first to draw an isothermal map, studied tropical storms and volcanoes, and pioneered the field of terrestrial magnetism. Equally important, he was responsible for one of the first examples of international scientific cooperation, which led to the formation of a system of meteorological stations throughout Russia and Great Britain. During one of his many expeditions, he measured the temperature of the current with which his ship sailed from Lima, Peru, to Acapulco, Mexico. Later this current was named the Humboldt Current in his honor. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: From "Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great Scientists," Elbert Hubbard, 1916 (Project Gutenberg)
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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent [Abridged - Penguin Classics] (1995) 141 exemplaren
Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804 (1970) 64 exemplaren
Del Orinoco al Amazonas : viajes a las regiones equinocciales del Nuevo Continente (1975) 29 exemplaren
Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe; Volume 2 (Foundations of Natural History) (1997) 29 exemplaren
Stars, Mosquitoes and Crocodiles: The American Travels of Alexander Von Humboldt (1962) 28 exemplaren
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 1 (2007) 21 exemplaren
Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: A Critical Edition (2013) 20 exemplaren
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 2 (2007) 17 exemplaren
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, Vol. III (in 3 volumes): During the Years… (2009) 13 exemplaren
Alexander von Humboldt: The Complete Drawings from the American Travel Journals (2018) — Auteur — 10 exemplaren
Studienausgabe: Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.2, Die Forschungsreise in den Tropen Amerikas, in 3 Tl.-Bdn.: Bd… (1997) 8 exemplaren
The Travels and Researches of Alexander von Humboldt Being a Condensed Narrative of his Journeys in the Equinoctal… 6 exemplaren
Südamerikanische Reise ; mit 33 Ansichten nach Humboldts originalen Landschaftszeichnungen und Kartenbildern und 6… (1990) 6 exemplaren
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7, Kosmos, 2 Tl.-Bde.: Bd. 7 in 2 Teilbänden. Teilband 1 (1993) 5 exemplaren
Alexander von Humboldt. Über einen Versuch den Gipfel des Chimborazo zu ersteigen (2006) 4 exemplaren
Letters Of Alexander Von Humboldt Written Between The Years 1827 And 1858 To Varnhagen Von Ense - Together With… (2008) 3 exemplaren
Darmstädter Ausgabe. Band IV, Mexico-Werk : Politische Ideen Zu Mexico : Mexicanische Landeskunde (2014) 2 exemplaren
Alejandro de Humboldt en Colombia 2 exemplaren
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7, Kosmos, 2 Tl.-Bde.: Bd. 7 in 2 Teilbänden. Teilband 2 2 exemplaren
Die Entdeckung der Neuen Welt : mit dem geographischen und physischen Atlas der Äquinoktial-Gegenden des neuen… (2009) 2 exemplaren
Viaggio alle regioni equinoziali del nuovo continente fatto nel 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 e 1804: relazione storica (1986) 2 exemplaren
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7, Kosmos, 2 Tl.-Bde.: Bd. 7 in 2 Teilbänden. Tafeln (1993) 2 exemplaren
Die Frankfurter Schule und die Folgen Referate eines Symposiums der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung vom 10.-15.… (1986) 2 exemplaren
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.1, Schriften zur Geographie der Pflanzen: Bd. 1 (1989) 2 exemplaren
Ideas para una geografia de las plantas. Más Un cuadro de la naturaleza de los países tropicales (Spanish Edition) (1986) 2 exemplaren
Briefe Aus Amerika 1799-1804 (Beitraege zur Alexander von Humboldt Forschung) (German Edition) 1 exemplaar
Humboldt's Travels 1 exemplaar
Examen critique de l'histoire de la géographie du nouveau continent et des progrès de l'astronomie… 1 exemplaar
Alexander von Humboldt in Bern 1 exemplaar
Abenteurer und Entdecker 1 exemplaar
Pinturas da Natureza Uma Antologia 1 exemplaar
Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and… (2011) 1 exemplaar
A Metabiography by Nicolaas A. Rupke 1 exemplaar
Viaje a las Regiones Equinocciales del Nuevo Continente. Tomo V : libro 9, índices alfabéticos y de lugares (1991) 1 exemplaar
Asie Centrale, Vol. 1: Recherches sur les Chaines de Montagnes Et la Climatologie Comparée (Classic Reprint) (2017) 1 exemplaar
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) 1 exemplaar
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Kosmos. Udkast til en physisk Verdensbeskrivelse 1 exemplaar
Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung 1 exemplaar
Kleinere Schriften 1 exemplaar
Cristóbal Colón y el Descubrimiento de América 1 exemplaar
Второе открытие Америки 1 exemplaar
Versuche über die chemische Zerlegung des Luftkreises : und über einige andere Gegenstände der Naturlehre (1976) 1 exemplaar
Breviario-del-nuevo-mundo. 1 exemplaar
Briefe aus Amerika 1799-1804 1 exemplaar
Cosmos, Vol. 1: Ensayo de una Descripcion Fisica del Mundo (Classic Reprint) (Spanish Edition) 1 exemplaar
Auf Steppen und Strömen Südamerikas 1 exemplaar
Humboldtiana 1 exemplaar
Durch das Land der Azteken : Berichte deutscher Reisender des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Mexiko und Guatemala 1 exemplaar
Lõuna-Ameerika rohtlates ja jõgedel 1 exemplaar
Viaje a las Regiones Equinocciales del Nuevo Continente Hecho en ..., Volume 1 (Spanish Edition) (2009) 1 exemplaar
Cristobal Colón y el descubrimiento de América 1 exemplaar
A Physical Description of the Heavens 1 exemplaar
Ensayo Político Sobre el Reino de la Nueva-España, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 exemplaar
Durch das Land der Azteken Berichte deutscher Reisender des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Mexiko und Guatemala 1 exemplaar
Kosmos. Band 4 1 exemplaar
Kosmos. Band 2 1 exemplaar
Kosmos. Band 1 1 exemplaar
Tableaux de la nature, ou Considérations sur les déserts, sur la physionomie des végétaux,… 1 exemplaar
Auf dem Orinoko — Auteur — 1 exemplaar
Versuche Über die Gereizte Muskel-und Nervenfaser, Vol. 2: Nebst Vermuthungen Über den Chemischen Process des Lebens… (2017) 1 exemplaar
Wilhelm Von Humboldt's, Vol. 2: Gesammelte Werke (Classic Reprint) (German Edition) (2017) 1 exemplaar
Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América (Tomo 2): historia de la geografía del nuevo continente y de los… (2012) 1 exemplaar
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.6, Schriften zur Physikalischen Geographie: Bd. 6 (1989) 1 exemplaar
De distributione geographica plantarum secundum coeli temperiem et altitudinem montium, prolegomena 1 exemplaar
Ideas sobre el límite inferior de la nieve perpétua, y sobre la geografía de las plantas 1 exemplaar
Kosmos und Humanität 1 exemplaar
Alexander von Humboldt über die Sklaverei in den USA : eine Dokumentation mit einer Einführung und… 1 exemplaar
Aspects Of Nature V2: In Different Lands And Different Climates, With Scientific Elucidations (1849) (2008) 1 exemplaar
Aspects Of Nature V1: In Different Lands And Different Climates, With Scientific Elucidations (1849) (2008) 1 exemplaar
Beiderseits des Amazonas. Reisen deutscher Forscher des 19. Jahrhunderts durch Südamerika (1975) 1 exemplaar
Auf Steppen und Strömen Südamerikas, Reise in die Äqinokialgengenden des Neuen Kontinents (1968) 1 exemplaar
Volcans des cordillères de Quito et du Mexique 1 exemplaar
Observations sur les volcans du plateau de Quito 1 exemplaar
Mélanges de géologie et de physique générale 1 exemplaar
Ensayo político de la Nueva España (4 Tomos) 1 exemplaar
Alejandro de Humboldt por tierras de Venezuela 1 exemplaar
Alexander von Humboldt: Die Südamerika-Reise (Einzige von A. v. Humboldt autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe):… (2015) 1 exemplaar
Das Buch der Begegnungen: Menschen – Kulturen – Geschichten aus den Amerikanischen Reisetagebüchern von Alexander… (2018) 1 exemplaar
Ensayo político sobre la isla de Cuba. Tomo I. 1 exemplaar
Ideen zu einer Geographie der Pflanzen 1 exemplaar
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- Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von
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- HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von VON
HUMBOLDT, Alexander VON - Geboortedatum
- 1769-09-14
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1859-05-06
- Graflocatie
- Berlin, Germany
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- Alemanya
- Geboorteplaats
- Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
- Plaats van overlijden
- Berlin, Prussia
- Woonplaatsen
- Berlin, Prussia, German Empire
Paris, France - Opleiding
- University of Göttingen, Germany
Freiberg School of Mines (1792) - Beroepen
- naturalist
explorer
geographer - Relaties
- Humboldt, Wilhelm von (brother)
Humboldt, Caroline von (sister-in-law)
Herz, Henriette (friend) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Humboldt University of Berlin
American Philosophical Society (1804)
Prussian Academy of Sciences (1805)
American Antiquarian Society (1816)
Linnean Society of London (1818)
New York Historical Society (1820) (toon alle 20)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Foreign Honorary Member, 1822)
American Ethnological Society (1843)
American Geographical and Statistical Society (1856)
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (foreign member, 1810)
Royal Society (foreign member)
Privy Counsellor (1829)
Chancellor of the Order of Merit (1842)
Pour le Mérite (1842)
Order of the Red Eagle (1844)
Order of the Black Eagle (1847)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (1850)
Copley Medal (1852)
Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1853)
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Guadalupe (1863)
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