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Alexander von Humboldt

[Deutsch] **Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt** (geb. 1769 in Berlin; gest. 1859 ebenda) war ein deutscher Universalgelehrter, Forschungsreisender und Naturforscher. Er bereiste Süd- und Mittelamerika (Neu-Granada, Peru und Neu-Spanien), die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und Zentralasien (Russland, Sibirien). Humboldt arbeitete wissenschaftlich in den Bereichen der Botanik, Zoologie, Ethnologie, Geographie, Ozeanographie, Geologie, Mineralogie, Vulkanologie (Neptunismus), Klimatologie, Physik, Chemie und Astronomie. Er gilt als Mitbegründer der Geographie als empirischer Wissenschaft. [Français] **Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt** (né en 1769 à Berlin, mort en 1859 à Berlin) était un polymathe allemand, explorateur et naturaliste. Il a voyagé vers l'Amérique du Sud et Centrale (Nouvelle-Grenade, le Pérou et la Nouvelle-Espagne), les États-Unis d'Amérique et d'Asie centrale (Russie, Sibérie). Humboldt a travaillé scientifiquement dans les domaines de la botanique, la zoologie, l'anthropologie, la géographie, l'océanographie, la géologie, la minéralogie, la volcanologie (Neptunisme), la climatologie, la physique, la chimie et l'astronomie. Il est l'un des fondateurs de la géographie comme une science empirique. [English] **Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt** (b. 1769 in Berlin, d. 1859 in Berlin) was a German polymath, explorer and naturalist. He traveled to South and Central America (New Granada, Peru and New Spain), the United States of America and Central Asia (Russia, Siberia). Humboldt scientifically worked in the fields of botany, zoology, anthropology, geography, oceanography, geology, mineralogy, volcanology (Neptunism), climatology, physics, chemistry and astronomy. He is one of the founders of geography as an empirical science.

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Selected Writings

Selected Writings

2018
Das Buch der Begegnungen

Das Buch der Begegnungen

2018
Views of Nature, or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation: With Scientific Illustrations

Views of Nature, or, Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation: With Scientific Illustrations

2015

with Henry George Bohn and Elise C. Otte

Cosmos: a sketch of a physical description of the universe. Volume 5 of 5

Cosmos: a sketch of a physical description of the universe. Volume 5 of 5

2012
Essay on the Geography of Plants

Essay on the Geography of Plants

2010

with Aime Bonpland

Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume III

Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe, Volume III

2004
COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1

COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1

2002
Cosmos: A Sketch Of A Physical Description Of The Universe - Volume 2

Cosmos: A Sketch Of A Physical Description Of The Universe - Volume 2

1997
Breviario del Nuevo Mundo

Breviario del Nuevo Mundo

1993
Cosmos - A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe Volume IV

Cosmos - A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe Volume IV

1868
Cosmos : a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe

Cosmos : a Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe

1862
Jaguars and Electric Eels

Jaguars and Electric Eels

1853
An Essay on the Fluctuations in the Supplies of Gold, with relation to problems of political economy.

An Essay on the Fluctuations in the Supplies of Gold, with relation to problems of political economy.

1839
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 2

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 2

1820
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 1

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 - Volume 1

1820
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 Volume 3

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 Volume 3

1820
Ansichten der Natur: Leinen mit Goldpragung

Ansichten der Natur: Leinen mit Goldpragung

1808
Views of Nature

Views of Nature

1808
Quadri della natura

Quadri della natura

1808
Del Orinoco al Amazonas: Viaje a las regiones equinocciales del Nuevo Continente

Del Orinoco al Amazonas: Viaje a las regiones equinocciales del Nuevo Continente

1807
Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

1807
Reise In Die Aquinoktial Gegenden Des Neuen Kontinents

Reise In Die Aquinoktial Gegenden Des Neuen Kontinents

1804

with Ottmar Ette

Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New continent during the years 1799-1804.

Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New continent during the years 1799-1804.

1800