Quotes Tagged With :humboldt

Columbus gave Europe a New World; [Alexander von] Humboldt made it known in its physical, material, intellectual,....

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.

[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.

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

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

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

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

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

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