Ferdinand von Richthofen

✶May 5, 1833

†October 6, 1905

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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.

German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

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