Explorers with Humboldt's expedition at the basalt cliffs at Regla Size:Large: 7 x 5in general coach office at no

general coach office at no 64

Woolwich Royal Dockyard

Scene with caricatured figures

Six phases of Jupiter

A woman and a young girl looking across the River Thames

Explorers with Humboldt's expedition at the basalt cliffs at Regla Size:Large: 7 x 5in general coach office at noExplorers with Humboldt's expedition at the basalt cliffs at Regla, Mexico, c1820 1839. German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt's (1769 1859) interests included geophysics, geology and botany and he is sometimes called the founder of ecology. He visited Mexico in 1803 1804 during the course of a five year expedition to Latin America. Plate 60 from Le Costume Ancien et Moderne by Jules Ferrario.