Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies)

By: Jason Wilson and Alexander Humboldt and Malcolm Nicolson

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Synopsis: 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'.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 449 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9780141961026
Related ISBNs:: 9780140445534
Publisher:: Penguin Books Ltd
Date of Addition:: 09/24/21
Copyrighted By:: Penguin Books Ltd
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Travel, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Abridged by:: Jason Wilson
Introduction by:: Malcolm Nicolson
Introduction by:: Jason Wilson