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Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller / Myron Echenber...

Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious...

Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller / Myron Echenber...

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Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller / Myron Echenberg.

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Full title

Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller / Myron Echenberg.

Publisher

Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's Universitry Press, 2017.

Call Numbers

G 2017/3140

Record Identifier

74VKVLND0a8b

MMS ID

991024110710302626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

li, 236 pages : illustrations, [8] pages of color plates ; 24 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Publication information

Publisher

Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's Universitry Press, 2017.

Place of Publication

Québec (Province)

Date Published

2017.

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

"The incalculable influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) on biology, botany, geology, and meteorology deservedly earned him the reputation as the world's most illustrious scientist before Charles Darwin. From 1799 to 1804, Humboldt's breath-taking explorations of Mexico and South America are akin to Europe's second "discovery" of the New W...

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Full title

Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller / Myron Echenberg.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Issued As

Echenberg, Myron J. Humboldt's Mexico. (CaOONL)20179005618

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

©2017

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2017/3140

Record Identifier

74VKVLND0a8b

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVLND0a8b

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ISBN

9780773549401

0773549404

DDC

509.2

MMS ID

991024110710302626

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