Alexander Von Humboldt

his philosophical, political, legal and social conditions in the work trip to the equinoctial regions of the new continent

Abstract

The history of our people demonstrates the greatness and while the mistakes typical of human nature. The present research literature review events of the eighteenth and nineteenth in the experience of travel undertaken by Alexander Van Humboldt, in the days of Spanish rule over part of the Latin American geography, points out realities that over time could be considered superseded by society and the increasingly «evolved» conception of the State, subject assumed the difficult task of organizing the social cluster and define him far government institutions. However, as a kind of paralysis sorne of these difficulties «once» are portrayed in our present and in that time, no trivial matter if part of the state constant struggles far legitimacy and recognition of those who submit to his empire and warranty.