Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (Silhouette)
Jefferson owned a silhouette of Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (1773-1858), a botanist who collaborated with Alexander von Humboldt in his explorations of South America.
Silhouette of Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland by Charles Willson Peale, 1804; photographic image (c) Thomas Jefferson Foundation.
Historical Notes: For more information about Bonpland, see the article on the Alexander von Humboldt (Silhouette).
Further Sources
- Bell, Stephen. A Life in Shadow: Aimé Bonpland in Southern South America, 1817-1858. Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, 2010.
- Cerrutti, Cedric. "Aimé Bonpland: Botaniste et Aventurier." Sommaire 39/40 (2003): 38-53.
- Hossard, Nicolas. Aimé Bonpland, 1773-1858: Médecin, Naturaliste, Explorateur en Amérique du Sud: à l'Ombre des Arbres. Paris: Harmattan, 2001.
- Foucault, Philippe. Le Pêcheur d'Orchidées: Aimé Bonpland, 1773-1858. Paris: Seghers, 1990.
- Smith, Charles."(Goujaud) Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre (France 1773-1858)." Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists: Chrono-Biographical Sketches.
