Where was Alexander von Humboldt from?
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Berlin
A universal scholar.
💡 Did you know? Humboldt came from a wealthy Prussian family and funded his first great expedition from his own inheritance.
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Where did Humboldt's great journey lead?
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South America
From 1799 to 1804.
💡 Did you know? For five years Humboldt crossed South America: his measurements later filled dozens of volumes.
What was Humboldt?
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naturalist
Founder of modern geography.
💡 Did you know? Humboldt is seen as a founder of modern geography: the first to conceive of nature as an interconnected system.
What was Humboldt's core idea?
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nature as a whole
Climate, plants and life interwoven.
💡 Did you know? His idea of nature as a whole anticipated modern ecology by over a century.
Which cold ocean current off Peru and Chile is named after the naturalist?
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the Humboldt Current
Plants, animals, an ocean current.
💡 Did you know? Few people have more namesakes: an ocean current, a penguin, a lunar crater, cities and universities all bear his name.
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