Essay on the geography of plants:
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1. Verfasser: Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859 (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press 2008, © 2009
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Essay on the geography of plants / Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland; translated by Sylvie Romanowski -- Text of Humboldt's Tableau physique / translated by Sylvie Romanowski -- Humboldt's pictorial science: an analysis of the Tableau physique des Andes et Pays voisins / Sylvie Romanowski -- Plant species cited in Humboldt's Essay and Tableau physique / Stephen T. Jackson -- Instruments utilized in developing the Tableau physique / Stephen T. Jackson -- Biographical sketches / Stephen T. Jackson -- Bibliographical essay and bibliography / Stephen T. Jackson
The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769 & ndash;1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799 & ndash;1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, especially Darwin's travels to South America, and inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau, Poe, and Church. The chronicles of the expedition were published in Paris after Humboldt's return, and first among them was the 1807 "Essay on the Geography of Plants." Among the most cited writings in natural history
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