[Lǐ xī huò fēn, ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄣ, 李希霍芬] Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路 #321,858[Add to Longdo]