Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre
Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre
(āmā` zhäk` älĕksäN`drə bôNpläN`), 1773–1858, French surgeon and naturalist who accompanied Alexander von HumboldtHumboldt, Alexander, Freiherr von, 1769–1859, German naturalist, inventor, explorer, and author, the most eminent scientist of his time. His full name is Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt.
..... Click the link for more information. on his expedition in Latin America. He wrote several works on the plants of Mexico and South America, which he had collected on this journey. For a time he was director of Empress Josephine's gardens at Malmaison. In 1816 he immigrated to South America, residing in Argentina and Paraguay, where he taught, farmed, and conducted botanical research.