The Humboldt Current: A European Explorer and His American DisciplesOxford University Press, 2007 - 496 էջ Alexander von Humboldt was a towering figure of his time - scientist, explorer, and polymath, imbued with Enlightenment ideas - and he left an impact on the intellectual life of 19th century America. This work traces Humboldt's legacy by focusing not only on the man himself but on the lives of other individuals who took their lead from him. |
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Humboldt in America 18042004 | 1 |
The Chain of Connection | 8 |
EAST Humboldt and the Influence of Europe | 39 |
SOUTH J N Reynolds and the More Comprehensive Promise of the Antarctic | 113 |
WEST Clarence Kings Experience of the Frontier | 183 |
NORTH George Wallace Melville and John Muir in Extremis | 271 |
Humboldt on Chimborazo | 355 |
Acknowledgments | 359 |
Chronology | 369 |
Notes | 375 |
Bibliography | 447 |
Image Credits | 473 |
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