Karl von den Steinen
German explorer
Died when: 74 years 242 days (895 months)Star Sign: Pisces

Karl von den Steinen (born March 7, 1855 in Mülheim, died November 4, 1929 in Kronberg im Taunus) was a German physician (with emphasis in psychiatry), ethnologist, explorer, and author of important anthropological work, which was particularly to the study of Indian cultures of Central Brazil, and the art of the Marquesas.
He laid the permanent foundations for Brazilian ethnology.
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