Humboldt’s travel journals

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Humboldt’s travel journals are detailed firsthand accounts of Alexander von Humboldt’s scientific explorations and observations during his expeditions in the Americas and other regions at the turn of the 19th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf primary historical source
scientific expedition record
travel journal collection
author Alexander von Humboldt
contains astronomical observations
barometric readings
climate observations
ethnographic notes
field measurements
magnetic measurements
maps
sketches
species lists
containsLanguage French
Spanish
digitizedBy Alexander von Humboldt Portal (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy)
documentsRegion Amazon basin
linked to: Amazon Basin

Andes
Caribbean
Central America
Cuba
Mexico
New Spain
Orinoco River basin
linked to: Orinoco Basin

Peru
Quito region
linked to: Pichincha Province

South America
Spanish America
Venezuela
documentsTopic altitudinal zonation of vegetation
botany
colonial administration
economy of Spanish colonies
ethnography
geography
geology
geomagnetism
indigenous cultures
linguistics
meteorology
mining
oceanography
plant geography
slavery
zoology
endOfDocumentedTravels 1804
historicalSignificance influenced development of biogeography
informed European understanding of Spanish America
key source for history of science in the Americas
mainLanguage German
methodologicalFeature interdisciplinary scientific approach
systematic quantitative observation
perspective Enlightenment science
critique of colonialism and slavery
preservedIn Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
relatedPerson Aimé Bonpland
relatedWork Alexander von Humboldt’s American travel diaries
startOfDocumentedTravels 1799
timePeriodDocumented turn of the 19th century
usedAsSourceFor Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne
Kosmos
Tableaux de la nature
linked to: Ansichten der Natur

Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent

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Über die Gestalt der Vulkane in den Anden relatedWork Humboldt’s travel journals
Humboldt’s travel journals relatedWork Alexander von Humboldt’s American travel diaries
linked to: Humboldt’s travel journals