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15%OFFAlexander Von Humboldt - Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas - 9780226865065 - V9780226865065
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Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

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Description for Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas Hardcover. In 1799, the authors set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. This title brings together drawings and detailed texts to achieve multifaceted views of cultures and landscapes across the Americas. Editor(s): Kutzinski, Vera M.; Ette, Ottmar. Series: Alexander von Humboldt in English. Num Pages: 576 pages, 30 colour plates, 41 halftones, 17 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1676.
In 1799, Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Bonpland set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. But what started as a trip to investigate a relatively minor geographical controversy became the basis of a five-year exploration throughout South America, Mexico, and Cuba. The discoveries amassed were staggering, and much of today's knowledge of tropical zoology, botany, geography, and geology can be traced back to von Humboldt's numerous records of these expeditions. One of these accounts, "Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas", firmly established von Humboldt as the founder of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Series
Alexander von Humboldt in English
Number of Pages
664
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226865065
SKU
V9780226865065
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Alexander Von Humboldt
Vera M. Kutzinski is the Martha Rivers Ingram Professor of English, professor of comparative literature, and director of the Alexander von Humboldt in English project at Vanderbilt University. Ottmar Ette is chair of romance literature at the University of Potsdam, Germany, and the author of many books on von Humboldt.

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