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000852332 1001_ $$aHumboldt, Alexander von,$$d1769-1859.
000852332 24010 $$aWorks.$$kSelections.$$lEnglish.$$f2018
000852332 24510 $$aSelected writings /$$cby Alexander von Humboldt ; edited and introduced by Andrea Wulf.
000852332 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bAlfred A. Knopf,$$c2018.
000852332 300__ $$axliv, 792 pages :$$bmaps ;$$c21 cm.
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000852332 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
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000852332 4901_ $$aEveryman's library
000852332 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references.
000852332 5050_ $$aFrom Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New Continent (1814-29) -- From Essay on the geography of plants (1807) -- From Views of nature (1849) -- From Views of the cordilleras and monuments of the indigenous peoples of the Americas (1810-13) -- From Political essay on the island of Cuba (1826) -- From Cosmos. Sketch of a physical description of the universe (1845-61).
000852332 520__ $$a"A new hardcover selection of the best writings of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world. Selected and introduced by Andrea Wulf. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing volcanoes in the Andes, racing through anthrax-infected Siberia, or publishing groundbreaking best sellers. Ahead of his time, he recognized nature as an interdependent whole and he saw before anyone else that humankind was on a path to destroy it. His visits to the Americas led him to argue that the indigenous peoples possessed ancient cultures with sophisticated languages, architecture, and art, and his expedition to Cuba prompted him to denounce slavery as "the greatest evil ever to have afflicted humanity." To Humboldt, the melody of his prose was as important as its empirical content, and this selection from his most famous works--including Cosmos, Views of Nature, and Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, among others--allows us the pleasure of reading his own accounts of his daring explorations. Humboldt's writings profoundly influenced naturalists and poets including Darwin, Thoreau, Muir, Goethe, Wordsworth, and Whitman. The Selected Writingsis not only a tribute to Humboldt's important role in environmental history and science, but also to his ability to fashion powerfully poetic narratives out of scientific observations"--$$cProvided by publisher.
000852332 650_0 $$aNatural history.
000852332 650_0 $$aNatural history$$zSouth America.
000852332 650_0 $$aPhytogeography.
000852332 650_0 $$aPlant ecology.
000852332 650_0 $$aIndians of South America$$zAndes Region$$xAntiquities.
000852332 650_0 $$aIndians of Mexico$$xAntiquities.
000852332 650_0 $$aSlavery$$zCuba$$xHistory.
000852332 650_0 $$aCosmography.
000852332 651_0 $$aSouth America$$xDescription and travel.
000852332 7001_ $$aWulf, Andrea,$$eeditor.
000852332 830_0 $$aEveryman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ;$$v387.
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