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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: 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) 142 copie
Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804 (1970) 64 copie
Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe; Volume 2 (Foundations of Natural History) (1997) 29 copie
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 1 (2007) 21 copie
Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: A Critical Edition (2013) 20 copie
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 2 (2007) 17 copie
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, Vol. III (in 3 volumes): During the Years… (2009) 13 copie
Alexander von Humboldt: The Complete Drawings from the American Travel Journals (2018) — Autore — 10 copie
Studienausgabe: Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.2, Die Forschungsreise in den Tropen Amerikas, in 3 Tl.-Bdn.: Bd… (1997) 8 copie
Südamerikanische Reise ; mit 33 Ansichten nach Humboldts originalen Landschaftszeichnungen und Kartenbildern und 6… (1990) 6 copie
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7, Kosmos, 2 Tl.-Bde.: Bd. 7 in 2 Teilbänden. Teilband 1 (1993) 5 copie
Letters Of Alexander Von Humboldt Written Between The Years 1827 And 1858 To Varnhagen Von Ense - Together With… (2008) 3 copie
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7, Kosmos, 2 Tl.-Bde.: Bd. 7 in 2 Teilbänden. Teilband 2 2 copie
Die Frankfurter Schule und die Folgen Referate eines Symposiums der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung vom 10.-15.… (1986) 2 copie
Darmstädter Ausgabe. Band IV, Mexico-Werk : Politische Ideen Zu Mexico : Mexicanische Landeskunde (2014) 2 copie
Viaggio alle regioni equinoziali del nuovo continente fatto nel 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 e 1804: relazione storica (1986) 2 copie
Die Entdeckung der Neuen Welt : mit dem geographischen und physischen Atlas der Äquinoktial-Gegenden des neuen… (2009) 2 copie
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.1, Schriften zur Geographie der Pflanzen: Bd. 1 (1989) 2 copie
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7, Kosmos, 2 Tl.-Bde.: Bd. 7 in 2 Teilbänden. Tafeln (1993) 2 copie
Ideas para una geografia de las plantas. Más Un cuadro de la naturaleza de los países tropicales (Spanish Edition) (1986) 2 copie
Humboldt's Travels 1 copia
Asie Centrale, Vol. 1: Recherches sur les Chaines de Montagnes Et la Climatologie Comparée (Classic Reprint) (2018) 1 copia
Alexander von Humboldt in Bern 1 copia
Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and… (2011) 1 copia
Abenteurer und Entdecker 1 copia
Viaje a las Regiones Equinocciales del Nuevo Continente Hecho en ..., Volume 1 (Spanish Edition) (2009) 1 copia
Viaje a las Regiones Equinocciales del Nuevo Continente. Tomo V : libro 9, índices alfabéticos y de lugares (1991) 1 copia
Breviario-del-nuevo-mundo. 1 copia
Versuche über die chemische Zerlegung des Luftkreises : und über einige andere Gegenstände der Naturlehre (1976) 1 copia
Briefe aus Amerika 1799-1804 1 copia
Humboldtiana 1 copia
Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung 1 copia
Kleinere Schriften 1 copia
Второе открытие Америки 1 copia
Ensayo Político Sobre el Reino de la Nueva-España, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 copia
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.6, Schriften zur Physikalischen Geographie: Bd. 6 (1989) 1 copia
De distributione geographica plantarum secundum coeli temperiem et altitudinem montium, prolegomena 1 copia
Kosmos und Humanität 1 copia
Kosmos. Band 4 1 copia
Kosmos. Band 2 1 copia
Kosmos. Band 1 1 copia
Auf dem Orinoko — Autore — 1 copia
Aspects Of Nature V2: In Different Lands And Different Climates, With Scientific Elucidations (1849) (2008) 1 copia
Aspects Of Nature V1: In Different Lands And Different Climates, With Scientific Elucidations (1849) (2008) 1 copia
Beiderseits des Amazonas. Reisen deutscher Forscher des 19. Jahrhunderts durch Südamerika (1975) 1 copia
Versuche Über die Gereizte Muskel-und Nervenfaser, Vol. 2: Nebst Vermuthungen Über den Chemischen Process des Lebens… (2017) 1 copia
Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América (Tomo 2): historia de la geografía del nuevo continente y de los… (2012) 1 copia
Alexander von Humboldt über die Sklaverei in den USA : eine Dokumentation mit einer Einführung und… 1 copia
Auf Steppen und Strömen Südamerikas, Reise in die Äqinokialgengenden des Neuen Kontinents (1968) 1 copia
Alexander von Humboldt: Die Südamerika-Reise (Einzige von A. v. Humboldt autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe):… (2015) 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von
- Altri nomi
- HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von VON
HUMBOLDT, Alexander VON - Data di nascita
- 1769-09-14
- Data di morte
- 1859-05-06
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Berlin, Germany
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Alemanya
- Luogo di nascita
- Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
- Luogo di morte
- Berlin, Prussia
- Luogo di residenza
- Berlin, Prussia, German Empire
Paris, France - Istruzione
- University of Göttingen, Germany
Freiberg School of Mines (1792) - Attività lavorative
- naturalist
explorer
geographer - Relazioni
- Humboldt, Wilhelm von (brother)
Humboldt, Caroline von (sister-in-law)
Herz, Henriette (friend) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- 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) (mostra tutto 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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