History's lesson
Prussia, the largest German-speaking kingdom, does no longer exist because of wars.
https://historyguy.com/wars_of_prussia.htm
Alexander von #Humboldt traveled to #Paris and thanks to Aimé #Bonpland he published books that inspired Charles #Darwin.
https://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/humboldt/online/alexander-von-humboldt-bonpland
Likewise, Wernher von Braun traveled to the enemy country and helped establish NASA.
Learned from new YouTube channel Hispanic American Studies ( @hispano_studies ) of Thomas Jefferson’s interest in the #Spanish language.
Thomas #Jefferson, polymath and third President of #USA, met with Alexander von #Humboldt, who travelled the Americas with Aimé #Bonpland.
Among Alexander von Humboldt’s written observations of nature were criticisms of #slavery, which Jefferson subjected unto people, in contradiction to his country’s ideals.
Ob auf Entdeckungsreisen mit Alexander von Humboldt, als Rosengärtner der Kaiserin Josephine oder beim Experimentieren mit Mate-Stauden in der Pampa: Aimé Bonpland führte ein extremes Leben. Die einzige Konstante: seine Liebe zu den Pflanzen. Eine Würdigung zum 250. Geburtstag.
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