Quotes Tagged With :humboldt

[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.

The study of maps and the perusal of travel books aroused in me a secret fascination that was at times....

But when on shore, & wandering in the sublime forests, surrounded by views more gorgeous than even Claude....

[Alexander von Humboldt was the] greatest scientific traveller who ever lived.

The real discoverer of South America was [Alexander von] Humboldt, since his work was more useful for....

He [Alexander von Humboldt] was to science what Shakespeare was to the drama.

If the people of Europe had known as much of astronomy and geology when the bible was introduced among....

Humboldt's early biographer, F.A. Schwarzenberg, subtitled his life of Humboldt What May Be Accomplished....

This man [Alexander von Humboldt] is as knowledgeable as a whole academy.

I consider him [Alexander von Humboldt] the most important scientist whom I have met.