Alexander Humboldt

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The paper discusses a study that researches and examines the German geographer, Alexander Humboldt. The paper by means of biographical literature, reviews the study of the contributions that Humboldt made to, as well as the influences that Humboldt has upon, modern geographical theory.

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Purpose of the Study
Introduction
Humboldt's Quest for the Tropics
Humboldt and Topographical Map Development
Humboldt Traveler, Naturalist, Geologist...
Summary and Conclusion

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"The work entitled: "Scientific Findings of Alexander Von Humboldt's Expedition into the Spanish-American Tropics (1799-1804) From a Geographical Point of View" states: "Alexander von Humboldt's expedition from 1799 till 1804 to the "equinoctial regions of the new world" led through Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico. In Europe, an increased knowledge of the "New World" was connected with the privately funded journey, which served purely scientific purposes and had nothing to do with the exploration and exploitation of natural resources. Besides the research results, which were based on new measuring methods and the quantitative ascertainment of scientific basics, the journey also made possible detailed descriptions in matters of regional studies including social, socio-economic, political, and economic-geographic circumstances, which were based on empirical field studies."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alexander von Humboldt - The Explorer the Scientist. Centarus Vol. 49, Issue 1 February 2007. Online Blackwell Synergy available at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1600-0498.2007.00058.x Online available at: http://www.1worldglobes.com/images/historyloc/images/gm021001[1].jpg
• Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias (2005) An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. vol.77 no.2 Rio de Janeiro June 2005 doi: 10.1590/S0001-37652005000200010
• Barrister, David (2007) Chapter 12: Germany and Austrilia An. Acad. Bras. Cienc. vol.77 no.2 Rio de Janeiro June 2005 Online available at: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0001-37652005000200010&script=sci_arttext
• Department of Economic and Social Geography, Center of Latin American Studies, Institute of Geography, University of Tubingen, Holderlinstrasse 12, D-72074 Tubingen, Germany Online available at: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0001-37652005000200010&script=sci_arttext http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0001-37652005000200010&script=sci_arttext
• Freidrich Heinrich Alexander HUMBOLDT Baron Humboldt German geographer and diplomat (1769-1859)

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