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Where did Alexander von Humboldt spend the final year of his American expedition?
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Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt, oil on canvas by Julius Schrader, 1859; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
Alexander von Humboldt spent the final year of his American expedition in Mexico. During this time, he and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, conducted a close study of the region, which Humboldt considered the most developed and highly civilized part of the Spanish colonies.1