Alexander von Humboldt : the complete drawings from the American travel journals /

Alexander von Humboldt : the complete drawings from the American travel journals /

?This stunning volume delves into the extraordinary illustrated notebooks of Alexander von Humboldt's journeys through the Americas, which reveal the graphic musings of an intrepid explorer, a writer and philosopher and the father of the environmental movement. At the dawn of the 19th century,...

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Main Authors: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 (Author), Ette, Ottmar (director of project.)
Other Authors: Maier, Julia, 1983- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
German
Published: Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, [2018]
Subjects:
Humboldt, Alexander von, > 1769-1859 > Travel > Latin America.
Humboldt, Alexander von, > 1769-1859 > Diaries.
Humboldt, Alexander von, > 1769-1859 > Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Humboldt, Alexander von, > 1769-1859.
Natural history > Latin America.
Natural history.
Travel.
South America > Description and travel.
Latin America > Description and travel.
Latin America.
South America.
Diaries.
Illustrated works.
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Prof. Dr. Hermann Parzinger
  • Introduction / Ottmar Ette
  • Editorial note / Julia Maier
  • The complete drawings. Trigonometry and surveying ; Sky and cosmos ; Surface and interior of the earth ; Living beings ; Culture ; Materiality
  • Original quotations in foreign languages.