Humboldt Place Names: Who Was He? Darwin Knew

Humboldt County, California isn't just about cannibis, and Humboldt Glacier (too) has a really serious namesake who (in the early 1800s) originated the ideas we have now about nature. A new book is about this natural historian, scientist and world explorer who influenced Darwin, Thoreau, Emerson, Goethe and people in nations around the world.