Alexander von Humboldt, Three of the nine american diaries, 1799-1804. Sketch of the Orinoco region.
Alexander von Humboldt, Three of the nine american diaries, 1799-1804. Sketch of the Orinoco region. Sketch of the Rio Grande de la Magdalena. Topographic sketch of the volcano Pichincha. Drawings: Staatsbibliothek Berlin. Portrait by Friedrich Georg Weitsch, 1806. Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin. Via wikiSource: the art magazine Arsprototo, Kulturstiftung der Länder. You can download the Humboldt Special (German) here -- source link
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