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  1. Gustavo Meneses @[email protected] ·

    History's lesson

    Prussia, the largest German-speaking kingdom, does no longer exist because of wars.

    historyguy.com/wars_of_prussia

    Alexander von #Humboldt traveled to #Paris and thanks to Aimé #Bonpland he published books that inspired Charles #Darwin.

    americanart.si.edu/exhibitions

    Likewise, Wernher von Braun traveled to the enemy country and helped establish NASA.

    nasa.gov/people/wernher-von-br

    #humboldt #paris #bonpland #darwin
  2. Gustavo Meneses @[email protected] ·

    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.

    monticello.org/encyclopedia/sp

    #spanish #jefferson #usa #humboldt #bonpland #slavery