Author: Alexander von Humboldt
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Author: Alexander von Humboldt
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Author: Alexander Humboldt
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781019865460
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An overview of the history, geography, and natural resources of Mexico and Central America during the colonial period, with special emphasis on the cultural achievements of indigenous peoples and the impact of European colonization. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Alexander von Humboldt
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Category : Black people
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226465675
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548

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The research Alexander von Humboldt amassed during his five-year trek through the Americas in the early 19th century proved foundational to the fields of botany and geology. But his visit to Cuba yielded observations that extended far beyond the natural world. This title presents a physical and cultural study of the island nation.

Author: Alexander von Humboldt
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 502

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Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226865096
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 660

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In 1799, Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. But what started as a trip to investigate a relatively minor geographical controversy became the basis of a five-year exploration throughout South America, Mexico, and Cuba. The discoveries amassed by Humboldt and Bonpland were staggering, and much of today’s knowledge of tropical zoology, botany, geography, and geology can be traced back to Humboldt’s numerous records of these expeditions. One of these accounts, Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, firmly established Alexander von Humboldt as the founder of Mesoamerican studies. In Views of the Cordilleras—first published in French between 1810 and 1813—Humboldt weaves together magnificently engraved drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. In doing so, he offers an alternative perspective on the New World, combating presumptions of its belatedness and inferiority by arguing that the “old” and the “new” world are of the same geological age. This critical edition of Views of the Cordilleras—the second volume in the Alexander von Humboldt in English series—contains a new, unabridged English translation of Humboldt’s French text, as well as annotations, a bibliography, and all sixty-nine plates from the original edition, many of them in color.

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Author: Alexander von Humboldt
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Languages : en
Pages : 488

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Author: Alexander von Humboldt
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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