Måske er det en god idé i dag at mindes en lært europæer, den tyske naturhistoriker Alexander von Humboldt, der for præcis 200 år siden rejste til det amerikanske kontinent og etablerede grundlaget for samarbejde mellem folkeslag og forsvar af menneskerettigheder.
Perhaps it would be appropriate on this occasion to mention an illustrious European, the German naturalist, Alexander von Humboldt, who, exactly 200 years ago, travelled to that part of the world and established the bases for cooperation between peoples and the defence of human rights.