Humboldt’s travel journals

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primary historical source scientific expedition record travel journal collection

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 Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities ⓘ
surface form: Alexander von Humboldt Portal (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy)
documentsRegion Amazon Basin ⓘ
surface form: Amazon basin

Andes ⓘ
Caribbean ⓘ
Central America ⓘ
Cuba ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
surface form: New Spain

Orinoco Basin ⓘ
surface form: Orinoco River basin

Peru ⓘ
Pichincha Province ⓘ
surface form: Quito region

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 Humboldt’s travel journals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
Ansichten der Natur ⓘ
surface form: Tableaux de la nature

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 → Humboldt’s travel journals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alexander von Humboldt’s American travel diaries