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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.
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a nature researcher and explorer, universal genius and cosmopolitan, scientist and patron. His lengthy Latin American journey from 1799 to 1804 was celebrated as the second scientific discovery of South America.
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Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer who was a major figure in the classical period of physical geography and biogeography, areas of science now included in the Earth sciences and ecology. With his book Kosmos he made a valuable contribution to the popularization of science.
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Alexander (Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander) von Humboldt (1769–1859) was a scientific explorer and natural philosopher, who achieved fame following his return from South America in 1804.
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After visiting Cuba in 1801, Humboldt travelled on to modern-day Colombia and Peru. The expedition from Bogotá to Lima via Quito ended with him in June 1802 at the foot of the Mt. Chimborazo, then considered to be the tallest mountain in the world.
