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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