Alexander von Humboldt Biography

Alexander von Humboldt was a German naturalist and explorer whose quantitative work in botanical geography laid the foundations for the field of biogeography. His extensive travels through Latin America and subsequent voluminous descriptions offered a modern scientific perspective on the region and were among the first to propose the former connection of lands bordering the Atlantic. Through his ambitious five-volume work, he sought to unify the disparate branches of scientific knowledge, leaving a profound legacy on how we understand the natural world and its interconnectedness.