Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain, Volume 1:

The acclaimed Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was referred to by Charles Darwin as 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. Several of his works were in the library aboard the Beagle, including the multi-volume Personal Narrative of Travels, two books on g...

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Beteilige Person: Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859 (VerfasserIn)
Weitere beteiligte Personen: Black, John 1783-1855 (ÜbersetzerIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1811
Schriftenreihe:Cambridge library collection. Latin American studies
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139923897
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139923897
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139923897
Zusammenfassung:The acclaimed Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was referred to by Charles Darwin as 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. Several of his works were in the library aboard the Beagle, including the multi-volume Personal Narrative of Travels, two books on geology and Tableaux de la nature (all reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Darwin's copy of this two-volume 1811 New York edition of Humboldt's Political Essay (originally published in French earlier that year) is inscribed 'Buenos Ayres', suggesting he acquired it there in 1832–3, without its accompanying atlas (forthcoming). Humboldt had spent a year in Mexico in 1803–4, and was struck by its 'civilization' as compared to regions of South America that he had visited earlier on his expedition. Volume 1 of his account contains a 'geographical introduction' and discussions of physical geography, agriculture, and the ethnic diversity, distribution and health of the population
Umfang:1 online resource (cxxviii, 221 pages)
ISBN:9781139923897
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139923897