Humboldt's Mexico: In the Footsteps of the Illustrious German Scientific Traveller

by Myron Echenberg

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773549404
• ISBN13: 9780773549401
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.0"