![]() ![]() ![]() But it was his travels in Latin America which would lay the foundations for his life's work.Īlthough Humboldt has had more places named after him than anyone else, he has largely been forgotten, perhaps because his name is not associated with a great discovery. His first travels would be in Europe where he met and was influenced by people such as Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, who had travelled with Thomas Cook. The family was well-to-do and both brothers benefitted from an excellent education, although they lacked affection from their emotionally-distant widowed mother, but it was a legacy from her which would fund Alexander's first explorations. Alexander von Humboldt was born in Berlin in 1769, the younger brother of Wilhelm von Humboldt who would become a Prussian minister but who is perhaps better remembered as a philosopher and linguist. ![]()
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