Charles Brewer-Carías | |
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| Born | September 10, 1938 |
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| Fields | Natural history |
Charles Brewer-Carías (born 10 September 1938 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan explorer and naturalist. Known as the " Humboldt of the twentieth century", Brewer-Carías has led more than 200 expeditions to remote parts of the Venezuelan Guayana, particularly the tepuis ( table mountains) of the region. His discoveries include the sink holes of Cerro Sarisariñama and the world's largest known quartzite cave, Cueva Charles Brewer. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 1982, Charles invented a survival knife.
Around 27 [5] species of animals and plants have been named in his honour, including the bromeliad genus Brewcaria. [2]
- ^ Brewer Carías, Charles (1938-). JSTOR Plant Science.
- ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae: Charles Brewer-Carias" (PDF). University of Plymouth.
- ^ Carroll, R. (6 April 2010). The British gentleman who became Venezuela's Indiana Jones. The Guardian.
- ^ Aubrecht, R., C. Brewer-Carías, B. Šmída, M. Audy & Ľ. Kováčik (30 January 2008). Anatomy of biologically mediated opal speleothems in the World's largest sandstone cave: Cueva Charles Brewer, Chimantá Plateau, Venezuela. Sedimentary Geology 203(3–4): 181–195. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.10.005
- ^ Bromfield, T. (December 2010). Charles Brewer Carias Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Geographical Magazine.
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Charles Brewer-Carías | |
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| Born | September 10, 1938 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Natural history |
Charles Brewer-Carías (born 10 September 1938 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan explorer and naturalist. Known as the " Humboldt of the twentieth century", Brewer-Carías has led more than 200 expeditions to remote parts of the Venezuelan Guayana, particularly the tepuis ( table mountains) of the region. His discoveries include the sink holes of Cerro Sarisariñama and the world's largest known quartzite cave, Cueva Charles Brewer. [1] [2] [3] [4] In 1982, Charles invented a survival knife.
Around 27 [5] species of animals and plants have been named in his honour, including the bromeliad genus Brewcaria. [2]
- ^ Brewer Carías, Charles (1938-). JSTOR Plant Science.
- ^ a b "Curriculum Vitae: Charles Brewer-Carias" (PDF). University of Plymouth.
- ^ Carroll, R. (6 April 2010). The British gentleman who became Venezuela's Indiana Jones. The Guardian.
- ^ Aubrecht, R., C. Brewer-Carías, B. Šmída, M. Audy & Ľ. Kováčik (30 January 2008). Anatomy of biologically mediated opal speleothems in the World's largest sandstone cave: Cueva Charles Brewer, Chimantá Plateau, Venezuela. Sedimentary Geology 203(3–4): 181–195. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.10.005
- ^ Bromfield, T. (December 2010). Charles Brewer Carias Archived December 1, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Geographical Magazine.
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