BARON

Is- | VON, ». 1769. d, 1859. naturalist, scient i«t, snd } traveller. and eS tee his travels in 1799. exploring a part of South. the | America in that and the next four years.. and} The results of his explorations were ives | published in Paria. between 1805 and 1897. | snd | In 1829 he accepted the direction of an; ord | Asiatic exploring expedition. and tho rick rage 4 examined the country between sm-j|the Urals and the central plate an. His the |ere at work is the “Cosmos.” a bold St. | attempt to cla ify and co-ordinate the the| whole range of scientific facts. His om |“ Travels in America” and “ Central but | Asia” aro full of interest, [s. 175]