Alexander von Humboldt
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Eureka
sits in Humboldt County in Northern California.
This county got its name from Alexander von Humboldt
who was the first European explorer to travel
in Spanish and English America motivated solely
by learning.
His
motto was "learning, travel and yet more
learning". Words to live by. He started
his exploration of North America in 1804, but
this
naturalist reached the northwest coast in reputation
only and never traveled here in person.
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