Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller / Myron Echenber...
Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller / Myron Echenberg.
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Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's Universitry Press, 2017.
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G 2017/3140
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English
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li, 236 pages : illustrations, [8] pages of color plates ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Montreal & Kingston : McGill-Queen's Universitry Press, 2017.
Place of Publication
Québec (Province)
Date Published
2017.
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"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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Humboldt's Mexico : in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller / Myron Echenberg.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Echenberg, Myron J. Humboldt's Mexico. (CaOONL)20179005618
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©2017
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G 2017/3140
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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