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Karl Ritter was a German geographer who discovered ultraviolet rays in 1801 and is considered one of the founders of modern geography along with Alexander von Humboldt. He served as a professor of history and geography at several German universities and undertook numerous study trips across Europe. His fundamental work was "The Sciences of the Earth in Relation to Nature and the History of Humanity," composed of 19 volumes that describe Africa and Asia. Ritter considered the

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