@article{Casas2018, author = {Casas, Vicente Dur{\´a}n}, title = {Immanuel Kant, Alexander von Humboldt and the Tequendama Fall}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, volume = {XIX}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies}, number = {36}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1617-5239}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-419404}, pages = {35 -- 46}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Immanuel Kant mentions in his Physical Geography the waterfall of the Bogot{\´a} River in South America, known today as the Salto de Tequendama, which is located near Bogot{\´a}, the capital city of Colombia. Kant claims that this was the highest waterfall in the world, which is not true. Alexander von Humboldt could not know anything about it, but he visited the Salto in 1801, just before the publication of Kant's Physical Geography, and went to personally measure the height of the Salto. In this paper we make a comparison of both personalities who, unknowingly, were united by their interest in the Salto de Tequendama.}, language = {en} } @misc{PaesslerAndressDuranCasasetal.2018, author = {P{\"a}ßler, Ulrich and Andress, Reinhard and Dur{\´a}n Casas, Vicente and Ette, Ottmar and H{\"u}lsenberg, Dagmar and Schmuck, Thomas and Sundermann, Werner}, title = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz}, series = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, volume = {XIX}, journal = {HIN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies}, number = {36}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-410919}, pages = {109}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Inhalt: -Ulrich P{\"a}ßler: Die edition humboldt digital. Dokumente zur Neuausgabe der Ideen zu einer Geographie der Pflanzen (1825-1826) -Reinhard Andress: Eduard Dorsch and his unpublished poem on the occasion of Humboldt's 100th birthday -Vicente Dur{\´a}n Casas: Immanuel Kant, Alexander von Humboldt and the Tequendama Fall. Two Prussians linked by Geography -Ottmar Ette: Languages about Languages: Two Brothers and one Humboldtian Science -Dagmar H{\"u}lsenberg: Alexander von Humboldts Erl{\"a}uterungen zu {\"O}fen f{\"u}r die Herstellung von Keramik- und Glaserzeugnissen -Thomas Schmuck: Missgl{\"u}ckte Begegnung. Der kurze Briefwechsel zwischen Leopold von Buch und Goethe -Werner Sundermann: Alexander von Humboldt und das Persische}, language = {de} }