Alexander von Humboldt

From Geography

Alexander von Humboldt (September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was a Prussian geographer and one of the people who mapped the world. He had a foundational role in establishing geography (Gregory, Johnston, Pratt, Watts, Whatmore, 2009). During those days people like Darwin and Von Humboldt described the world using dots, lines and shapes.

References

Gregory, D., Johnston, R., Pratt, G., Watts, M.J. & Whatmore, S. (2009) The dictionary of human geography. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell

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