Jose Celestino Mutis and Jose Jerónimo Triana

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José Celestino Mutis (6 April 1732 – 11 September 1808) was a Spanish priest, botanist and mathematician. He was a significant figure in the Spanish American .. Смотреть далее »Enlightenment, whom Alexander von Humboldt met with on his expedition to Spanish America.

José Jerónimo Triana Silva (May 22, 1828 in Bogotá – October 31, 1890 in Paris) was a Colombian botanist, explorer, and physician who cataloged over 60,000 specimens representing 8,000 species.In 1851, he joined the Chorographic Commission as head of botany, which he served as until 1857. During this time he created an herbarium of over 2,200 herbal plants.

Страна:	Колумбия
Тип:	Почтовые марки
Серия:	Latin American Siderurgical Conf., 1952
Номинал:	15 c
Год:	1952
Размер:	40 x 32 mm
Перфорация:	12½
Тираж:	700,000