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Humboldt's Mexico : In the Footsteps of the Illustrious German Scientific Traveller by Myron J Echenberg is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Humboldt's Mexico : In the Footsteps of the Illustrious German Scientific Traveller about?
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. Humboldt's breath-taking explorations of Mexico and South America from 1799 to 1804 are akin to Europe's second "discovery" of the New World - this time, a scientific one. His Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain is a foundational document about Mexico and its cultures and is stil
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Myron J Echenberg
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780773549401
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- Adventure, Anthropology, Mexico
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14