Alexander von Humboldt: Perceiving the World provides an interdisciplinary exploration into Humboldt’s approach to seeing and describing the many subjects he pursued. Though remembered primarily as an environmental thinker, Humboldt’s interests were vast and documented not just in his published works, but also in his extensive correspondence with scientists, artists, poets, and philosophers internationally. Perceiving the World covers Humboldt’s perceptions during intercontinent...
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Preface
Introduction
PART I: CULTURAL IMPACT
1 Indiana Reads Alexander von Humboldt, by Ricardo Quintana-Vallejo
2 Alexander von Humboldt: Between Enlightenmen...
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Ricardo Quintana-Vallejo is assistant professor of English at Rhode Island College. He is the author of Children of Globalization: Diasporic Coming-of-Age Novels in G...
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