The Passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Shaping of America - Laura Dassow Walls - Books - The University of Chicago Press - 9780226871837 - November 15, 2011
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The Passage to Cosmos: Alexander von Humboldt and the Shaping of America

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Explorer, scientist, writer, and humanist, Alexander von Humboldt was the most famous intellectual of the age that began with Napoleon and ended with Darwin. This title traces Humboldt's ideas for "Cosmos" to his 1799 journey to the Americas, where he first experienced the diversity of nature and of the world's people.


424 pages, 22 halftones

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 15, 2011
ISBN13 9780226871837
Publishers The University of Chicago Press
Pages 424
Dimensions 230 × 154 × 28 mm   ·   654 g

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