Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859)
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Sobre l'autor
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'n més 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'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: From "Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great Scientists," Elbert Hubbard, 1916 (Project Gutenberg)
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Obres de Alexander von Humboldt
Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent [Abridged - Penguin Classics] (1995) 142 exemplars
Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804 (1970) 64 exemplars
Stars, Mosquitoes and Crocodiles: The American Travels of Alexander Von Humboldt (1962) 29 exemplars
Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe; Volume 2 (Foundations of Natural History) (1997) 29 exemplars
Del Orinoco al Amazonas : viajes a las regiones equinocciales del Nuevo Continente (1975) 29 exemplars
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 1 (2007) 21 exemplars
Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: A Critical Edition (2013) 20 exemplars
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 2 (2007) 17 exemplars
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, Vol. III (in 3 volumes): During the Years… (2009) 13 exemplars
Alexander von Humboldt: The Complete Drawings from the American Travel Journals (2018) — Autor — 10 exemplars
Studienausgabe: Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.2, Die Forschungsreise in den Tropen Amerikas, in 3 Tl.-Bdn.: Bd… (1997) 8 exemplars
Südamerikanische Reise ; mit 33 Ansichten nach Humboldts originalen Landschaftszeichnungen und Kartenbildern und 6… (1990) 6 exemplars
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7, Kosmos, 2 Tl.-Bde.: Bd. 7 in 2 Teilbänden. Teilband 1 (1993) 5 exemplars
Alexander von Humboldt. Über einen Versuch den Gipfel des Chimborazo zu ersteigen (2006) 4 exemplars
Letters Of Alexander Von Humboldt Written Between The Years 1827 And 1858 To Varnhagen Von Ense - Together With… (2008) 3 exemplars
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7, Kosmos, 2 Tl.-Bde.: Bd. 7 in 2 Teilbänden. Teilband 2 2 exemplars
Die Frankfurter Schule und die Folgen Referate eines Symposiums der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung vom 10.-15.… (1986) 2 exemplars
Darmstädter Ausgabe. Band IV, Mexico-Werk : Politische Ideen Zu Mexico : Mexicanische Landeskunde (2014) 2 exemplars
Alejandro de Humboldt en Colombia 2 exemplars
Viaggio alle regioni equinoziali del nuovo continente fatto nel 1799, 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 e 1804: relazione storica (1986) 2 exemplars
Die Entdeckung der Neuen Welt : mit dem geographischen und physischen Atlas der Äquinoktial-Gegenden des neuen… (2009) 2 exemplars
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.1, Schriften zur Geographie der Pflanzen: Bd. 1 (1989) 2 exemplars
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.7, Kosmos, 2 Tl.-Bde.: Bd. 7 in 2 Teilbänden. Tafeln (1993) 2 exemplars
Ideas para una geografia de las plantas. Más Un cuadro de la naturaleza de los países tropicales (Spanish Edition) (1986) 2 exemplars
Humboldt's Travels 1 exemplars
Examen critique de l'histoire de la géographie du nouveau continent et des progrès de l'astronomie… 1 exemplars
A Metabiography by Nicolaas A. Rupke 1 exemplars
Kosmos. Udkast til en physisk Verdensbeskrivelse 1 exemplars
Asie Centrale, Vol. 1: Recherches sur les Chaines de Montagnes Et la Climatologie Comparée (Classic Reprint) (2018) 1 exemplars
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) 1 exemplars
Alexander von Humboldt in Bern 1 exemplars
Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and… (2011) 1 exemplars
Pinturas da Natureza Uma Antologia 1 exemplars
Abenteurer und Entdecker 1 exemplars
Viaje a las Regiones Equinocciales del Nuevo Continente Hecho en ..., Volume 1 (Spanish Edition) (2009) 1 exemplars
Viaje a las Regiones Equinocciales del Nuevo Continente. Tomo V : libro 9, índices alfabéticos y de lugares (1991) 1 exemplars
Breviario-del-nuevo-mundo. 1 exemplars
Durch das Land der Azteken : Berichte deutscher Reisender des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Mexiko und Guatemala 1 exemplars
Versuche über die chemische Zerlegung des Luftkreises : und über einige andere Gegenstände der Naturlehre (1976) 1 exemplars
Briefe aus Amerika 1799-1804 1 exemplars
Cristóbal Colón y el Descubrimiento de América 1 exemplars
Auf Steppen und Strömen Südamerikas 1 exemplars
Humboldtiana 1 exemplars
Alexander-von-Humboldt-Stiftung 1 exemplars
Kleinere Schriften 1 exemplars
Lõuna-Ameerika rohtlates ja jõgedel 1 exemplars
Второе открытие Америки 1 exemplars
Tableaux de la nature, ou Considérations sur les déserts, sur la physionomie des végétaux,… 1 exemplars
Ensayo Político Sobre el Reino de la Nueva-España, Vol. 3 (Classic Reprint) (Spanish Edition) (2018) 1 exemplars
Studienausgabe, 7 Bde. in Tl.-Bdn., Bd.6, Schriften zur Physikalischen Geographie: Bd. 6 (1989) 1 exemplars
De distributione geographica plantarum secundum coeli temperiem et altitudinem montium, prolegomena 1 exemplars
Durch das Land der Azteken Berichte deutscher Reisender des 19. Jahrhunderts aus Mexiko und Guatemala 1 exemplars
Ideas sobre el límite inferior de la nieve perpétua, y sobre la geografía de las plantas 1 exemplars
Kosmos und Humanität 1 exemplars
Kosmos. Band 4 1 exemplars
Kosmos. Band 2 1 exemplars
Kosmos. Band 1 1 exemplars
Auf dem Orinoko — Autor — 1 exemplars
Aspects Of Nature V2: In Different Lands And Different Climates, With Scientific Elucidations (1849) (2008) 1 exemplars
Aspects Of Nature V1: In Different Lands And Different Climates, With Scientific Elucidations (1849) (2008) 1 exemplars
Beiderseits des Amazonas. Reisen deutscher Forscher des 19. Jahrhunderts durch Südamerika (1975) 1 exemplars
Versuche Über die Gereizte Muskel-und Nervenfaser, Vol. 2: Nebst Vermuthungen Über den Chemischen Process des Lebens… (2017) 1 exemplars
Wilhelm Von Humboldt's, Vol. 2: Gesammelte Werke (Classic Reprint) (German Edition) (2017) 1 exemplars
A Physical Description of the Heavens 1 exemplars
Cristóbal Colón y el descubrimiento de América (Tomo 2): historia de la geografía del nuevo continente y de los… (2012) 1 exemplars
Mélanges de géologie et de physique générale 1 exemplars
Alexander von Humboldt über die Sklaverei in den USA : eine Dokumentation mit einer Einführung und… 1 exemplars
Auf Steppen und Strömen Südamerikas, Reise in die Äqinokialgengenden des Neuen Kontinents (1968) 1 exemplars
Cristobal Colón y el descubrimiento de América 1 exemplars
Volcans des cordillères de Quito et du Mexique 1 exemplars
Observations sur les volcans du plateau de Quito 1 exemplars
Ensayo político sobre la isla de Cuba. Tomo I. 1 exemplars
Ensayo político de la Nueva España (4 Tomos) 1 exemplars
Alejandro de Humboldt por tierras de Venezuela 1 exemplars
Alexander von Humboldt: Die Südamerika-Reise (Einzige von A. v. Humboldt autorisierte deutsche Ausgabe):… (2015) 1 exemplars
Das Buch der Begegnungen: Menschen – Kulturen – Geschichten aus den Amerikanischen Reisetagebüchern von Alexander… (2018) 1 exemplars
Ideen zu einer Geographie der Pflanzen 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World (2015) — Associated Name — 2,342 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom oficial
- Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von
- Altres noms
- HUMBOLDT, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von VON
HUMBOLDT, Alexander VON - Data de naixement
- 1769-09-14
- Data de defunció
- 1859-05-06
- Lloc d'enterrament
- Berlin, Germany
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- Alemanya
- Lloc de naixement
- Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg
- Lloc de defunció
- Berlin, Prussia
- Llocs de residència
- Berlin, Prussia, German Empire
Paris, France - Educació
- University of Göttingen, Germany
Freiberg School of Mines (1792) - Professions
- naturalist
explorer
geographer - Relacions
- Humboldt, Wilhelm von (brother)
Humboldt, Caroline von (sister-in-law)
Herz, Henriette (friend) - Premis i honors
- 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-les totes 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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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 198
- També de
- 7
- Membres
- 1,404
- Popularitat
- #18,295
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 18
- ISBN
- 264
- Llengües
- 12
- Preferit
- 7
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