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Title details for Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent by Alexander von Humboldt - Wait list

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

by Alexander von Humboldt
Jason Wilson
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Alexander von Humboldt visited the tropics of the New World between 1799 and 1804. On his return he wrote this book, a classic work of travel that is also one of the great products of Enlightenment natural science. In his lifetime, Humboldt was described as next to Napoleon, the most famous man in Europe". An admirer of the French Revolution, a Neptunist, an anti-slavist, a lover of Rousseau and Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, and a close friend of Goethe (whom he resembled), he was also a profound influence upon Darwin and the course of Victorian science, as well as upon the proponents of new world independence. "

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Publisher: Penguin Group USA, Inc.

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  • ISBN: 9781101491850
  • Release date: May 26, 2011

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  • Release date: May 26, 2011

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Alexander von Humboldt visited the tropics of the New World between 1799 and 1804. On his return he wrote this book, a classic work of travel that is also one of the great products of Enlightenment natural science. In his lifetime, Humboldt was described as next to Napoleon, the most famous man in Europe". An admirer of the French Revolution, a Neptunist, an anti-slavist, a lover of Rousseau and Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, and a close friend of Goethe (whom he resembled), he was also a profound influence upon Darwin and the course of Victorian science, as well as upon the proponents of new world independence. "

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Travel Nonfiction