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Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland in the Amazon jungle
Eduard Ender1856
CRIA - Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental
Campinas, Brazil
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) and Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858) shown in a romanticised view of their exploration of the Amazon rainforest in 1800, surrounded with various items of scientific equipment. Oil painting by Eduard Ender (1822-1883) painted in 1856 (long after Humboldt returned from his expedition).
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- Title: Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland in the Amazon jungle
- Creator: Eduard Ender
- Date Created: 1856
- Provenance: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Type: Painting
- Contributor: Red Redial
- Original Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Rights: Public domain
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Licensing: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
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