The Great Explorer the world forgot about

Video Description

South American liberator and statesman Simon Bolivar called him “The real discoverer of South America…since his work was more useful for our people than the work of all conquerors." A great book on the subject and a book source of information for this video is The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf. Humboldt's Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain - https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/99796/humboldt-atlas-and-text-geographique-et-physique-du-royaum-humboldt