"Aimé Bonpland (1773-1858) and naturalist-travelers French
in South America in the Age of Independence "
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FRANCO-ARGENTINE
Research Center in International History and Atlantic (EA 1163)
Faculty of Humanities, Languages, Arts and Humanities
4 & 5 November 2010
Overview Conference
Aimé Bonpland, a physician and La Rochelle is a naturalist of the most engaging scholars
French naturalist who visited South America during the first half of the nineteenth century
. Has he himself lived more than forty years on this continent? From 1799 to 1804, he accompanied
first the Prussian scientist Alexander von Humboldt in French a trip that made famous
rediscover Europe the territories of America then English colony. Then
from 1817 until his death in Argentina, he lived in the new EU countries bordering the basin
Plata, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Brazil.
In fact, the timing of these field trips were very well chosen. Most countries
South America, led by Libertadores, like Bolivar, became independent of English and Portuguese
cities in fifteen years. The year 2010 marks the bicentennial anniversary date
of independence that can be considered as a first
decolonization in the world. Bonpland
addition, many scientists and naturalists, travelers have walked these new independent states
: for example, Augustus Saint-Hilaire in Brazil, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault
in Colombia, Alcide d'Orbigny, another La Rochelle, in Argentina, Peru and Bolivia is part of the many naturalists
-French travelers who observed the natural resources and human
of these countries. They have made this the largest U.S. laboratory territory
analysis of developments in scientific thinking that characterized the first half of the nineteenth century, spurred
the National Museum of Natural History.
The objective of this symposium is to confront the experiences of scientists and naturalists
French travelers. It will compare their methods of analysis and observation developed in Europe and
applied to different countries of this continent that is true of South America. It will also give the possibility
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Program.
Thursday, November 4 10 am 30: 11 am Presentation
: Inaugural Conference. Aimé Bonpland and Alcide d'Orbigny: Rochelle to two travelers
countries of La Plata, Guy Abrams, Professor Emeritus, University of La Rochelle.
2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.: The Naturalist in South America: A comparative approach (late eighteenth - nineteenth middle
)
• New perspectives on the Brazil of Augustus Saint-Hilaire: historical observations and geo-economic,
by Claudia Damasceno Fonseca, University of Paris 3, CREDA - UMR 7227.
• Augustus Saint-Hilaire in Brazil, the heir of Aimé Bonpland, by Denis Lamy, Department
Systematics and Evolution, UMR 7205 MNHN / CNRS.
• Political influences on a scientific voyage in the nineteenth century by Gilles Beraud,
Society of Natural Sciences of the Charente-Maritime. •
Bonpland and Humboldt, travelers copies, by Jean-Paul Duviols, professor emeritus of literature and civilization
Latin American University of Paris IV.
18 pm: Presentation of the book catalog of the exhibition Aimé Bonpland, the orchid in erba mate: a
Rochelle to the Americas, Museum of Natural History in La Rochelle (book coordinated by Guy Martiniere
& Thierry Lalande )
Friday, November 5 9:30-12pm: The naturalist-travelers and the countries of La Plata: enhancing economically
Natural Sciences
• Economic valuation of natural resources of Corrientes, in the development of the province
by Patricia Marino, Director of the Higher Institute of Museology Career
CM Llano de Corrientes.
• Working From The Periphery: Aimé Bonpland in Brazil, by Stephen Bell, Departments of Geography and History
, University of California.
• Attempts to economic valuation of American flora by Aimé Bonpland, Cedric
by Cerruti, a teacher. • Aimé Bonpland
: Witness the independence of English America, by Claudia Navas-Courbon
, student in museology, Natural History Museum, Paris.
14h-17h: Aimé Bonpland and naturalists Charentais
• Aimé Bonpland: the passages of a free man, Eric Courthes, PhD in history.
Francois Vieta. University of Nantes, La Vigie ISTAC Project Director for Water. • Aimé Bonpland and Alexander von Humboldt in South America, a visual approximation by Pablo Penchaszadeh, CONICET, Argentina • à Bonpland Le legs of Corrientes, par Aurora Arbelo, Musée des sciences naturelles
Aimé Bonpland, Corrientes, Argentine. 17h15: Conclusion générale Comité d'Organisation: Mickaël Augeron, Grégory Beriet, Martinière Guy, Eric Monteiro, Laurent Vidal.
Committee scientifique: Aurora Arbelo (Museum of Natural Sciences Amado Bonpland), Miguel de Asua (Universidad Nacional de San Martin - CONICET - Argentina), Stephen Bell (Université McGill, Montreal),
Laurence Cornu (IUFM - Academie Poitiers), Michelle Dunand (Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de La Rochelle
) Jean-Paul Duviols (University of Paris IV), Gustavo Giberti (University of
botany and pharmacology - Buenos Aires), Thierry Lalande (Centre National des Arts et Métiers
- CNAM - Paris), Pablo Penchaszadeh (CONICET - Argentina) Denis Roland (
Navy Museum - Rochester), Schinina Aurelio (Universidad Nacional del Nordeste - Corrientes - Argentina
), Fred Stauffer (Natural History Museum - Geneva).
Partners: University of La Rochelle
Centre for Research in International History and Atlantic
CONICET - Concejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológica
University of Nordeste in Corrientes (Argentina)
Pole west Atlantic - Institute of the Americas Center
Intermondes
Maison Champlain
Natural History Museum of La Rochelle
Institute of Botany and Pharmacology at the University of Buenos Aires
Museum of Science Natural "Amado Bonpland" Corrientes
Urban Community of La Rochelle
General Council of Charente Maritime
Cultural Service of the Embassy of France in Buenos Aires
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