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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Alexander von Humboldt
Categories: Central America
Type: BOOK - Published: 1814 - Publisher:

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Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this i
Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
Language: en
Pages: 425
Authors: Alexander Humboldt
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-05-25 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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One of the greatest nineteenth-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of
Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Language: en
Pages: 660
Authors: Alexander von Humboldt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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In 1799, Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. But what started as a trip to inves
Selected Writings of Alexander von Humboldt
Language: en
Pages: 842
Authors: Alexander von Humboldt
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-06 - Publisher: Everyman's Library

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A new hardcover selection of the best writings of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world. Selected and introduced
Essay on the Geography of Plants
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Alexander von Humboldt
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-07-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and South America with