Alexander von Humboldt - Part 2 - The Orinoco Expedition

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Alexander von Humboldt arrives in South America, and conducts an expedition up the Orinoco River in search of the Casiquiare canal - which legend says connected the Orinoco and Amazon rivers. His experiences help him develop some of his most influential and revolutionary scientific theories. The Explorers Podcast is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on the Explorers Podcast? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:10.0	Today we continue our series on German Explorer and Scientists Extraordnare Alexander von Humboldt.
1:16.4	Two notes for today.
1:18.1	First I have put a map on our website explorers.com if you want to see a route of
1:22.3	Humboldt's journeys.
1:24.0	And second, I want to apologize for the slow pace of the Humboldt episodes.
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