Title

Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian naturalist and explorer, (1900). Artist: Unknown

Caption

Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian naturalist and explorer, (1900). Humboldt's (1769-1859) interests included geophysics, geology and botany and he is sometimes called the founder of ecology. In 1800-1804, together with the French botanist Aime Bonpland (1773-1858), he explored the Orinoco and Amazon regions and collected 60,000 plant specimens.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1900

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C23_458

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

30,3Mb (1,8Mb) / 9,5in x 12,4in / 2855 x 3712 (300dpi)

Keywords

Germany people male job man men German country meteorological meteorology exploration science ecology guy occupation geography scientist location century profession explorer concept botany B&W botanist MONOCHROME natural history naturalist 19th century black & white black and white B W famous people geophysicist geophysics meteorologist nineteenth century The Print Collector geographer Alexander von Humboldt portrait Unknown Aime Humboldt Alexander von Baron Aime Bonpland Bonpland Aime Bonpland portrait