Wilhelm Sievers
Friedrich Wilhelm " Willy " Sievers ( born December 3, 1860 in Hamburg, † June 11, 1921 in Gießen ) was a professor of geography at the University of Giessen and Privy Councillor. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " W.Siev. ".
- 2.1 South America
- 2.2 General Regional Geography
- 2.3 Miscellaneous
Services
Expeditions in South America
Geography
Output of large-scale general geography in four editions (1891-1935) at the Bibliographical Institute, over several decades, internationally the standard work of geography. A Russian translation of the first edition was published in 1902-1908.
Home Research in Hesse
Sievers 1896 was founder and ( until 1908 ) Chairman of the Society for ground and Ethnology at Giessen. He led the editors of Scripture Series of the Association, Geographical messages from Hessen (I- VI, casting 1900-1911 ). Also, the font can be called to knowledge of the Taunus (Stuttgart 1891).
Publications (selection)
South America
- Travel in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, 1887
- Venezuela, 1888
- The Cordillera of Mérida, together with remarks on the Caribbean Mountains, 1888
- Second journey in Venezuela during the years 1892-93, 1896
- The sources of the Marañon Amazon, 1910
- Travel in Peru and Ecuador, Executed in 1909, 1914
General Area Studies
Main article: General Area Studies
- General geography: First edition in five volumes, 1891-95
- General Area Studies: Second edition in six volumes, 1901-05
- General geography: Small edition in two volumes, 1907
- General Area Studies: Third edition in six volumes, 1914 ( Due to the outbreak of war incomplete edition )
- General geography: Limit. by W. Sievers, Third / Fourth Edition, 1924-35
Others
- On the Dependence of the current denomination distribution in southwest Germany from the former territorial borders (Dissertation, February 15, 1882), Göttingen 1884.
- For information of the Taunus, Stuttgart, 1891