Originally built as a Renaissance mansion in 1558, it was converted to a hunting lodge by Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg. As part of the Tegel estate, it passed to the Humboldt family by marriage in 1766 and became their family sea

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book info excerpts: From Editors’ Introduction : One of the ironies of Ansichten der Natur , Alexander von Humboldt’s most popular book and always his favorite, is that this seven-part hymn to the consilience of art and science,

book info excerpt: BORN in 1769, Alexander von Humboldt grew up in one of the most exciting periods of maritime exploration that Europe had ever seen. Though nearly 250 years had passed since Ferdinand Magellan had set off on mankind’

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Amazon watershed See excellent 2022 documentary: Rivers Above the Canopy < link to 54 min. video

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book info excerpt: Portals and Passages It seems fitting that Humboldt launched from Spain, for there is a certain Quixotic quality to his venture: the slim and blue-eyed Humboldt with sturdy Bonpland his cheerful sidekick, tilting

At dawn on July 16, 1799, Humboldt and Bonpland had their first glimpse of the verdant mainland, bristling with palms, cacao trees, and all manner of exotic flora. The Pizarro anchored in port at nine A.M., forty-one days out of La Coruña.

The headwaters of the Orinoco River begin in Venezuela, near the border of Brazil. The source of the river is a spring located on Mount Delgado Chalbaud, which sits at an elevation of 3,435 feet above sea level. This peak makes up part of the

The Casiquiare river is a distributary of the upper Orinoco flowing southward into the Rio Negro, in Venezuela, South America. As such, it forms a unique natural canal between the Orinoco and Amazon river systems. It is the world's largest riv

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link to full text Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won international fame for his scientific discoveries, his observations of Native American p

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link to full article excerpts: Alexander von Humboldt sought to see and understand everything. By the time he drew his self-portrait at age 45, Humboldt had tutored himself in every branch of science, spent more than five years on a 6,

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

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