Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/carlos-ibez-e-ibez-de-ibero

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1. When was Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero born?1830
2. Where was Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero born?Spain
3. What is the career?Prominent 19th-century Spanish geologist, mineralogist, artist, and collector
4. Who was Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero?He was a Spanish explorer, artist, and scientist born in 1830 who studied rocks, minerals, and fossils.
5. What did he collect and why was it important?He gathered more than 10,000 geological specimens, carefully cataloguing each one, giving scientists a huge library of Earth's history.

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