(Thematic) Humboldt's Distribution of Plants c. 1920 which have sporadic foxing

which have sporadic foxing

it's a dramatic map and a quaint momento of the British era

Targeted on the map is the route of an Russian envoy that traveled across Siberia

and a large "Partie Inconnue" (parts unknown) labelled through most of present day central California and Nevada

it has continued annually stopping only for the two world wars that crossed its course and has grown into the herculean drama that is the Tour De France

(Thematic) Humboldt's Distribution of Plants c. 1920 which have sporadic foxingHumboldt's Distribution of Plants in Equinoctial America, According to Elevation Above the Level of the Sea. Alexander Von Humboldt was a renaissance man, his impact is seen in geography, astronomy, linguistics and of course his field of botany, specifically geobotany. This thematic map shows a conceptualized mountain where the different types of plants are shown in their indigenous altitudes. From Sea level to 15,000 ft this shows plant life from