1833
Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (died 1905)
Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (died 1905)
Ferdinand von Richthofen, German geographer and academic (died 1905)
Ferdinand von Richthofen
German explorer and scientist (1833–1905)
- Born
- 1833
Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen, better known in English as Baron von Richthofen, was a German traveller, geographer, and scientist. He is noted for coining the terms "Seidenstraße" and "Seidenstraßen" = "Silk Road(s)" or "Silk Route(s)" in 1877. He also standardized the practices of chorography and chorology.