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Alexander von Humboldt's Life in Weeks
Prussian polymath and explorer whose quantitative work on botanical geography laid the foundation for biogeography. He envisioned nature as a single interconnected living whole.
Alexander von Humboldt's 4,677 Weeks
Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones
Key Milestones
Inherited a fortune and began planning his great scientific expedition
Embarked on a five-year expedition through Latin America
Climbed Chimborazo, setting an altitude record that stood for 30 years
Met Thomas Jefferson and explored the United States
Published the first volume of Cosmos, his life's masterwork
Legacy
Explored Latin America extensively and published Cosmos, a monumental work that attempted to unify all branches of scientific knowledge and inspired Darwin, Thoreau, and Muir.
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