ISBN:
9780670037759
,
0670037753
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XII, 496 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
,
24 cm
Ausgabe:
1. publ.
DDC:
508.092
Schlagwort(e):
Humboldt, Alexander von
;
Humboldt, Alexander von
;
Scientists Biography
;
Scientific expeditions History 19th century
;
Environmentalism History
;
Scientists Germany
;
Biography
;
Scientific expeditions History
;
19th century
;
Environmentalism History
;
Humboldt, Alexander von 1769-1859
;
USA
;
Forschungsreisender
;
Wissenschaftler
;
Naturschutz
;
Geschichte 1800-1900
Kurzfassung:
East : Humboldt and the influence of Europe -- South : J.N. Reynolds and the "more comprehensive promise" of the Antarctic -- West : Clarence King's experience of the frontier -- North : George Wallace Melville and John Muir in extremis
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 447-472) and index
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