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

    Abridged Edition

    Author Alexander von Humboldt
    Introduction by Jason Wilson, Malcolm Nicolson
    Translated by Jason Wilson
    Abridged by Jason Wilson
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    Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Classics
    On sale May 01, 1996 | 400 Pages | 9780140445534
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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.'

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
    Translated by Jason Wilson with an Introduction by Malcolm Nicolson

    Map
    Historical Introduction by Malcolm Nicolson
    Introduction by Jason Wilson
    Acknowledgments
    Chronology
    Further Reading

    PERSONAL NARRATIVE
    Author's Introduction

    Notes

    ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT (1769-1859) was a German polymath and explorer whose expeditions, ranging from the highest peaks in the Andes to the steppes of Siberia, laid the groundwork for the field of biogeography. View titles by Alexander von Humboldt

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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.'

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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    Translated by Jason Wilson with an Introduction by Malcolm Nicolson

    Map
    Historical Introduction by Malcolm Nicolson
    Introduction by Jason Wilson
    Acknowledgments
    Chronology
    Further Reading

    PERSONAL NARRATIVE
    Author's Introduction

    Notes

    Author

    ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT (1769-1859) was a German polymath and explorer whose expeditions, ranging from the highest peaks in the Andes to the steppes of Siberia, laid the groundwork for the field of biogeography. View titles by Alexander von Humboldt

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