Alexander von Humboldt - Part 4 - Mexico and the United States

The Explorers Podcast

Matt Breen

Society & Culture, History, Education

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Humboldt does a deep dive into New Spain - aka Mexico - then visits Thomas Jefferson in the United States. We also cover Humboldt's life upon his return to Europe - a span of 25 years. 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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1:07.0	Hello and Hello and welcome to the Explorers podcast. Today we continue our series on German
1:17.6	scientist, traveler and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. This episode will cover two parts in the life of Humboldt.
1:25.3	Part one will be his travels in Mexico and America.
1:28.4	Part two will be his life back in Europe from about 1805 to 1829, nearly a quarter of a century.
1:34.4	We will finish up today as Humboldt begins his last great expedition,
1:37.9	a journey to the far-flung corners of Russia.
1:41.4	I want to mention that at this point in Humboldt's life he really is more traveler than explorer.
1:46.0	In the past episodes he's mapping places few people had ever gone.
1:50.0	It's over rapids and waterfalls down great rivers to ancient abandoned cities and up and across mighty mountains.
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