Ferdinand von Richthofen

Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen (5 May 18336 October 1905), better known in English as was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist. He is noted for coining the terms "Seidenstraße" and "Seidenstraßen" = "Silk Road(s)" or "Silk Route(s)" in 1877. He also standardized the practices of chorography and chorology. He was an uncle of the World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, best known as the "Red Baron". Provided by Wikipedia
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Participants: Richthofen, Ferdinand von 1833-1905 [ VerfasserIn ]
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 34. Band (Jahrgang 1859), Seite 367-434
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