See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON VON See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

FERDINAND See also:

• BARON VON FERDINAND RICHTHOFEN (1833-1905)

RICHTHOFEN (1833-1905)  , See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German geographer and traveller, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• KARLSRUHE, or CARLSRUHE

Karlsruhe, See also:

• SILESIA

Silesia, on the 5th of May 1833 . He was educated at See also:

• BRESLAU (Polish Wraclaw)

Breslau and See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, and in 1856 carried out See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

geological investigations in the See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol, subsequently extending them to Transylvania . In 1859 he accompanied as geologist the Prussian See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• MISSION

mission to the Far See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East under See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

Count von Eulenburg, and visited See also:

• CEYLON

Ceylon, See also:

• JAPAN

Japan, See also:

• FORMOSA
• FORMOSA (called Taiwan by the Chinese, and following them by the Japanese, into whose possession it came after their war with China in 1895)

Formosa, the Philippines and See also:

• JAVA

Java, subsequently making an overland See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey from See also:

• BANGKOK

Bangkok to See also:

• MOULMEIN (or MAULMEIN)

Moulmein and reaching See also:

• CALCUTTA

Calcutta in 1862 . No important See also:

• WORK

work resulted from these travels, for much of See also:

• RICHTHOFEN, FERDINAND, BARON VON (1833-1905)

Richthofen's records and collections was lost . See also:

• CHINA

China was at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time inaccessible owing to the Taiping See also:

• REBELLION

rebellion, but Richthofen was impressed with the desirability of exploring it, and after a visit to See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, where he remained till 1868, he returned to the East, In a remarkable See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of seven journeys he penetrated into almost every See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . He returned See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home in 1872, and a work comprising three large volumes and an See also:

• ATLAS

atlas, which, however, did not See also:

• COVER (from the Fr. convert, from couvrir, to cover, Lat. cooperire)

cover the entire See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field or See also:

• COMPLETE

complete the author's See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan,, appeared at Berlin in 1877-85 under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of China; Ergebnisse eigner Reisen and darauf gegriindeter Studien . In this See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard work the author deals not only with See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology but with every subject necessary to a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical See also:

• TREATISE

treatise . Notably he paid See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the economic resources of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country he traversed; he wrote a valuable series of letters to the See also:

• SHANGHAI

Shanghai Chamber of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

Commerce, and first See also:

• DREW
• DREW, SAMUEL (1765-1833)

drew attention to the importance of the coalfields of Shantung, and of Kiaochow as a See also:

• PORT

port . In 1875 Richthofen was elected See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of geology at See also:

• BONN

Bonn, but being fully occupied with his work in China he did not take up professorial duties till 1879; in 1883 ,he became professor of See also:

• GEOGRAPHY (Gr. yil, earth, and ypiickty, to write)

geography at See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, and in 1886 was chosen to the same See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office at Berlin, and held it till his See also:

• DEATH

death . His lectures attracted numerous students who subsequently became eminent in geographical work, and in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to keep in See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch with them he established his weekly geographical " colloquium." Of his written See also:

• WORKS

works; besides that on China, there may be mentioned " See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Kalkalpen von Voralberg and Nordtirol" in Jahrbuch der geologischen Reichsanstalt (1859-1861); " Die Metallproduktion Kaliforniens " in See also:

• PETERMANN, AUGUST HEINRICH (1822–1878)

Petermann Mitteilungen (1865); Natural See also:

• SYSTEM

System of Volcanic Rocks (See also:

• SAN

San' Francisco, 1867); Aufgaben and Methoden der heutigen Geographie (an address delivered at Leipzig, 1883) ; Fiihrer f 'See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air Forschungsreisende (Berlin, 1886); Triebkrafte and Richtungen der Erdkunde in neunzehnten Jahrhundert (address on his See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election as See also:

• RECTOR (Lat. for " ruler," " guide," &c., from regere, " rule ")

rector, Berlin, 1903) . He was for many years See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the German Geographical Society, and he founded the Berlin Hydrographical See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute . He died on the 16th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1905 .