Horatio Humboldt is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series, who is mentioned in Grand Theft Auto IV.
History[]
Background[]
Humboldt was a British explorer.
Based on Humboldt's writings, after he was hired by the Dutch to find a new place to sell weed, he began a journey that, on September 4, 1609, culminated on him steering his ship into the mouth of a river "coincidentally" named the Humboldt by the local natives. Later, he became the establisher of the New Rotterdam colony.
His story is told on the CNT show A History of Liberty City.
Trivia[]
- Humboldt is based on Henry Hudson, and his name is a possible reference to Alexander von Humboldt, a German naturalist and explorer after whom many geographical features were named. Humboldt's painting is just a modified version of an inauthentic depiction[1] of French explorer Samuel de Champlain by Théophile Hamel.