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The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander von Humboldt

By: Alexander von Humboldt

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The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander von Humboldt

By: Alexander von Humboldt

Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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3382323397

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9783382323394

Views of Nature

By: Alexander von Humboldt

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Views of Nature

By: Alexander von Humboldt

The German naturalist and explorer chronicles his 1799 expedition to Central and South America in this classic work of natural history. While the influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences, his legacy reaches far beyond the field notebooks of naturalists. Humboldt’s 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland not only set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, but also served as the raw material for his many volumes—works of both scientific rigor and aesthetic beauty that inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau, Poe, and Frederic Edwin Church. Views of Nature, or Ansichten der Natur, was Humboldt’s best-known and most influential work—and his personal favorite. While the essays that comprise it are themselves remarkable as innovative, early pieces of nature writing—they were cited by Thoreau as a model for his own work—the book’s extensive endnotes incorporate some of Humboldt’s most beautiful prose and mature thinking on vegetation structure, its origins in climate patterns, and its implications for the arts. Written for both a literary and a scientific audience, Views of Nature was translated into English (twice), Spanish, and French in the nineteenth century, and it was read widely in Europe and the Americas. But in contrast to many of Humboldt’s more technical works, Views of Nature has been unavailable in English for more than one hundred years. Largely neglected in the United States during the twentieth century, Humboldt’s contributions to the humanities and the sciences are now undergoing a revival to which this new translation will be a critical contribution. Praise for Views of Nature “Alexander von Humboldt’s wide-ranging Views of Nature is a masterpiece of nineteenth-century natural history, at once science and art. Mark W. Person’s stunning new translation makes the wonders of this classic accessible to the English-language world of the present.” —Daniel Walker Howe, author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning What Hath God Wrought “From the plains of Venezuela to volcanoes and waterfalls, von Humboldt combines observations with travel narratives and philosophical musings. Annotations really help provide a context to the essays; this work also includes an index, conversions for von Humboldt’s various measurement units, an introduction, and preface. This excellent translation of one of von Humboldt’s most important works should introduce this great naturalist to an entirely new audience.” —Edward J. Valauskas, curator of Rare Books, Library, Chicago Botanic Garden, Current Books on Gardening and Botany

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University of Chicago Press

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0226923193

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9780226923192

Alexander Von Humboldt

By: Ottmar Ette,Julia Maier

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Alexander Von Humboldt

By: Ottmar Ette,Julia Maier

This stunning volume delves into the extraordinary illustrated notebooks of Alexander von Humboldt's journeys through the Americas, which reveal the graphic musings of an intrepid explorer, a writer and philosopher, and the father of the environmental movement. At the dawn of the 19th century, the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt was granted permission to charter an expedition to Spain's colonies in the New World. Over the course of five years, Humboldt would travel to the Orinoco and Amazon rivers, predict the agricultural and commercial potential of Cuba, climb higher in the Andes than anyone before him, and acknowledge the achievements of the ancient indigenous American civilizations. And he recorded it all in a series of diaries. On occasion of the 250th anniversary of Humboldt's birth, the drawings from these diaries are now available in a large format, slip-cased edition. Structured thematically, the 450 illustrations have been painstakingly reproduced, complete with handwritten notes, ink stains and water spots. Humboldt drew everything he saw--Incan ruins, electric eels, the transit of Mercury, silver mines, and ocean currents. In addition to being remarkably well preserved, these drawings offer tremendous insight into Humboldt's prescient observations. Featuring commentary by a renowned expert on Humboldt's work, this breathtaking volume will bring to life one of history's most accomplished thinkers, while providing fascinating reading for anyone interested in history and nature.

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Prestel Publishing

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379138354X

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9783791383545

Letters of Alexander von Humboldt, written between the Years 1827 and 1858, to Varnhagen von Ense

By: Alexander von Humboldt

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Letters of Alexander von Humboldt, written between the Years 1827 and 1858, to Varnhagen von Ense

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1860.

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3375104642

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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

By: Alexander Humboldt

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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

By: Alexander Humboldt

One of the greatest nineteenth-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won international fame for his scientific discoveries, his observations of Native American peoples and his detailed descriptions of the flora and fauna of the 'new continent'. The first to draw and speculate on Aztec art, to observe reverse polarity in magnetism and to discover why America is called America, his writings profoundly influenced the course of Victorian culture, causing Darwin to reflect: 'He alone gives any notion of the feelings which are raised in the mind on first entering the Tropics'.

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Penguin UK

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0141961023

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9780141961026

TRAVELS & RESEARCHES OF ALEXAN

By: Alexander Von 1769-1859 Humboldt,William 1796-1852 Macgillivray

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TRAVELS & RESEARCHES OF ALEXAN

By: Alexander Von 1769-1859 Humboldt,William 1796-1852 Macgillivray

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Wentworth Press

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1373268204

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TRAVELS & RESEARCHES OF ALEXAN

By: Alexander Von 1769-1859 Humboldt,William 1796-1852 Macgillivray

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137288307X

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Book's by Alexander Von Humboldt

The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander von Humboldt

The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander von Humboldt

Views of Nature

Views of Nature

Alexander Von Humboldt

Alexander Von Humboldt

Letters of Alexander von Humboldt, written between the Years 1827 and 1858, to Varnhagen von Ense

Letters of Alexander von Humboldt, written between the Years 1827 and 1858, to Varnhagen von Ense

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

TRAVELS & RESEARCHES OF ALEXAN

TRAVELS & RESEARCHES OF ALEXAN

TRAVELS & RESEARCHES OF ALEXAN

TRAVELS & RESEARCHES OF ALEXAN

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