FREDERICO CARLOS HOEHNE: TRAVEL AND ORCHIDS

Authors

  • José Luiz de Andrade Franco Pesquisador associado do Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Universidade de Brasília.
  • José Augusto Drummond Professor do Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Universidade de Brasília.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/hr.v12i2.5473

Abstract

The text uses travel notes written by the Brazilian botanist Frederico Carlos Hoehne (1882-1959) in order to discuss his reflections and aesthethic perspectives related to the protection of nature. It summarizes a long "imaginary" field trip throughout the Brazilian territory, focusing the enormous variety of plants, landscapes, ecosystems and biomes. Hoehne was a pioneer among 20th-century Brazilian scientists in the subject of nature protection. His research and writings aided in the emergence of an early streak of environmental awareness in Brazil, in the 1930s and 1940s. His approach combined science with aesthetic arguments and was base don the assumption that nature should play a important role in the construction of the Brazilian national identity.

 

KEY WORDS: nature protection, biological diversity, botanical research, History of science, Brazil.

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Author Biographies

José Luiz de Andrade Franco, Pesquisador associado do Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Universidade de Brasília.

José Augusto Drummond, Professor do Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável da Universidade de Brasília.


Published

2009-01-26

How to Cite

FRANCO, J. L. de A.; DRUMMOND, J. A. FREDERICO CARLOS HOEHNE: TRAVEL AND ORCHIDS. História Revista, Goiânia, v. 12, n. 2, 2009. DOI: 10.5216/hr.v12i2.5473. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/historia/article/view/5473. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

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