by the french explorer and botanist anybody who traveled to venezuela and from there to cuba colombia peru mexico and ecuador he collected plant specimens observed animals and became the 1st european to almost reach the peak of the chimborazo volcano in the andes at the time it was thought to be the highest mountain in the world later wrote $29.00 talks about his trip he really cultivated this image of the daring adventure he was he was the best. publicist to machine ever he would write letters from south america long letters to his friends and then he would end them said i don't mind if you send them to the newspaper so by the time he returns everybody has heard about his adventure so it's very much part of his self promotion. bolt is believed to have written a total of $30000.00 letters luckily for him he was exempted from paying postage by the prussian postal minister. he documented his adventures in the letters and his note books describing how his boat capsized on the are no caribbean and he almost drowned talking about the tough times and the damage to his feet the various diseases and the