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The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt

The travels and researches of Alexander von Humboldt

Von Humboldt, Alexander

Paperback

Travel GeneralEnvironmental StudiesGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9389247063
ISBN13: 9789389247060
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 29 2019
Pages: 430
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.96 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Before Darwin ever reached the Galapagos, Alexander von Humboldt had already turned travel into a new kind of science. Adventure, evidence, wonder: pure Humboldt. In The Travels and Researches of Alexander von Humboldt, you follow a restless mind across rivers, forests and high mountains, where measurement and imagination walk together. This complete edition travelogue presents an unabridged travel classic that reads as both a scientific exploration narrative and a boldly personal encounter with the world. Part field notebook, part philosophy of nature, it shows how observation can become story. Humboldt's method -- compare, measure, connect -- helped shape modern geography and ecology, and his prose keeps the pace of a journey without losing scientific clarity. Drawn from his tropical America expedition and wider Latin America exploration, Humboldt ranges from plant geography and botany to volcanoes, climate and geology, connecting living systems to the shape of the land and the sweep of the skies. The result is one of the defining records of nineteenth century expeditions and a lasting history of science reference: a book that still speaks to geography student reading, curious readers, and collectors of classic naturalist explorer books. Its influence reaches forward to Darwin and the Voyage of the Beagle, and outward to every reader who wants discovery on the page, not in summary. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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