A native of Colombia in South America, he served in the Colombian army and in 1834 attempted a scientific survey of the territory between Socorro and the Magdalena River.
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Seven years later he explored western Colombia from Antioquia to Anserma studying its topography, its natural history and the traces of its aboriginal inhabitants.
Joaquin Phoenix | San Joaquin Valley | Joaquín Sabina | San Joaquin | San Joaquin River | Joaquín Almunia | Joaquín Balaguer | Alberto Acosta | San Joaquin Regional Transit District (RTD) | San Joaquin Regional Transit District | San Joaquin County | San Joaquín | Nelson Acosta | José Julián Acosta | Joaquín Toesca | Joaquín Soriano | Joaquin Miller | Joaquín Achúcarro | Bert Acosta | Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Cardenal | Óscar Acosta | José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport | José de Acosta | Joaquin Soriano | Joaquín Rea | Joaquín Guzmán Loera | Joaquín Dicenta | Carlos Acosta | Angel Moya Acosta | ''The "botijo"'' (c. 1904), by Joaquín Sorolla |