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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Alexander von Humboldt, Johann Homann, Karl Andree, Heinrich Kiepert, Erich von Drygalski, Matthias Kuhle, Johann Heinrich von Thunen, Friedrich Ratzel, Dominik Eulberg, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Carl Humann, Carl Ritter, Johann Georg Gmelin, August Zeune, Johann Georg Kohl, Philipp Cluver, Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt, David Gans, Nicolaus Germanus, Ernst Kapp, Karl Sapper, Hans-Georg Bohle, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Bernhardus Varenius, Wilhelm Sievers, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Fred K. Schaefer, Hans Steffen, Leopold von Schrenck, Ubbo Emmius, Walter Christaller, Theobald Fischer, Jacob Ziegler, Johann Ernst Fabri, Carl Troll, Andreas Walsperger, Richard Andree, Fouad Ibrahim, Heinrich Theodor Menke, Andreas Cellarius, Max Eckert-Greifendorff, Albrecht Penck, Konrad Mannert, Adolf Schenck, Hermann Wagner, Johann Georg August Galletti, Richard Kiepert, Karl Friedrich von Kloden, Gotthard Fliegel, Karl Mauch, Joseph Partsch, Ernst Behm, August Meitzen, Alfred Hettner, Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann, Dithmar Blefken, Anton Friedrich Busching, Alfred Kirchhoff, Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Walther Penck, Aurel Krause, Hermann Guthe, Ulf Strohmayer, Georg Hartmann, Emil Trinkler, Georg Hassel, Walter Behrmann, Otto Maull, Erich Obst. Excerpt: Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr von Humboldt (.) September 14, 1769 - May 6, 1859) was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for the field of biogeography. Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt travelled extensively in Latin America, exploring and describing it for the first time in a manner generally considered to be a modern scientific point of view. His description of the journey was wri...