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

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Cover of the book Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent by Alexander Humboldt, Jason Wilson, Penguin Books Ltd
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Author: Alexander Humboldt, Jason Wilson ISBN: 9780141961026
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: May 25, 2006
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Alexander Humboldt, Jason Wilson
ISBN: 9780141961026
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: May 25, 2006
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

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'.

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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'.

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