Alexander von Humboldt
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Between 1799 and 1804, Humboldt travelled extensively in the Americas, exploring and describing them for the first time from a non-Spanish European scientific point of view. His description of the journey was written up and published in several volumes over 21 years. Humboldt was one of the first people to propose that the lands bordering the Atlantic Ocean were once joined (South America and Africa in particular).
Humboldt resurrected the use of the word ''cosmos'' from the ancient Greek and assigned it to his multivolume treatise, ''Kosmos'', in which he sought to unify diverse branches of scientific knowledge and culture. This important work also motivated a holistic perception of the universe as one interacting entity, which introduced concepts of ecology leading to ideas of environmentalism. In 1800, and again in 1831, he described scientifically, on the basis of observations generated during his travels, local impacts of development causing human-induced climate change.
Humboldt is seen as "the father of ecology" and "the father of environmentalism". Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: [2020];, [1853]
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Published: 1859
Superior document: Enthalten in Sitzungsberichte der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften Wien : Aus der K.K. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1859 36. Band (Jahrgang 1859), Seite 121-142, 1 ungezähltes Blatt
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Published: 1852
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Published: Published, 5.th, October, 1810
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Published: 1845
Superior document: Reise in Ostindien in Briefen an Alexander von Humboldt und Carl Ritter Zweiter Band
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Published: 1959
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Published: 1856
Superior document: Reise um die Erde nach Japan an Bord der Expeditions-Escadre unter Commodore M. C. Perry in den Jahren 1853, 1854 und 1855 unternommen im Auftrag der Regierung der Vereinigten Staaten 1. Band
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Published: 1960
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Superior document: Zur Erinnerung an die Reise des Prinzen Waldemar von Preussen nach Indien in den Jahren 1844 - 1846 2. Bd.
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Published: 1853
Superior document: Zur Erinnerung an die Reise des Prinzen Waldemar von Preussen nach Indien in den Jahren 1844 - 1846 1. Bd.
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Published: 1853
Superior document: Reise um die Welt und drei Fahrten der Königlich Britischen Fregatte Herald nach dem nördlichen Polarmeere zur Aufsuchung Sir John Franklins in den Jahren 1845-1851 1. Band
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Published: 1959
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Published: 1845
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Published: [2021]
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