里希特霍芬 [ㄌㄧˇ ㄒㄧ ㄊㄜˋ ㄏㄨㄛˋ ㄈㄣ; li3 xi1 te4 huo4 fen1] 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 ◄ ►