Mariano de Urquijo
prime minister of Spain
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support of Humboldt
- In Alexander von Humboldt: Expedition to South America
…in the Spanish prime minister Mariano de Urquijo he found an enlightened man who supported his application to the king for a royal permit. In the summer of 1799 he set sail from Marseille accompanied by the French botanist Aimé Bonpland, whom he had met in Paris, then the liveliest…
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