After the cancellation of Captain Nicolas Baudin's attempt at circumnavigating the globe, von Humboldt traveled with another botanist to the Spanish Americas with the support of the Spanish king. Von Humboldt's work on this four-month expedition led him all throughout South America, during which time he discovered different species of birds, located the bifurcation of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers, discovered the Casiquiare canal between those two rivers, and met a number of indigenous tribes, all of which he documented.
Von Humboldt then traveled to Cuba for further study, and concluded in the United States. Through his vast work on discovering, documenting, and cataloging natural species and features, von Humboldt was the first to propose what would later become the Pangea theory, at least as it pertained to the Atlantic continents.
He married Maria Elizabeth von Colomb in The couple had two sons, the younger was Alexander. Alexander's elder brother was the Prussian minister , philosopher , and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt. In his childhood Humboldt already liked to collect plants, shells, and insects. Humboldt's father died very early in From that time on his mother took care of his education. Between and , Humboldt travelled to Latin America and was the first scientist who wrote about it.
He was one of the first who said that South America and Africa was once one continent. Many places and species are named for him, as is the Humboldt Current. Hidden category: Webarchive template wayback links. Navigation menu Personal tools Log in. Namespaces Page Talk.
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