My Humboldt Diary
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My Humboldt Diary
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Author : Bob Rowen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-12-17
My Humboldt Diary written by Bob Rowen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-17 with categories.
My Humboldt Diary
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Author : Bob Rowen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-12-15
My Humboldt Diary written by Bob Rowen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-15 with categories.
Alexander Von Humboldt S Translantic Personae
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Author : Vera M Kutzinski
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-11
Alexander Von Humboldt S Translantic Personae written by Vera M Kutzinski and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-11 with History categories.
Who was Alexander von Humboldt? Was he really a lone genius? Was he another European apologist for colonialism in the Americas or the father of Latin American independence? Was he a roving Romanticist, or did his sensibilities belong to the Enlightenment? Naturalist, philosopher, historian, and proto-sociologist--to name just some of the fields to which he contributed--, Humboldt is impossible to contain in a single identity or definition. His voluminous writings range across so many different fields of knowledge that his scholarly-scientific personae multiplied even during his lifetime, and they have continued to proliferate since his death in 1859. A household word throughout the nineteenth century, Humboldt was eventually eclipsed by Charles Darwin (whose own travels had been motivated by Humboldt’s) and disappeared from view for much of the twentieth century, notably in the United States. The essays in this collection testify to the renewed interest that Alexander von Humboldt’s multi-faceted work is inspiring in the twenty-first century, especially among cultural and literary historians from both sides of the Atlantic. This book was originally published as a special issue of Atlantic Studies.
Humboldt Journal Of Social Relations
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Humboldt Journal Of Social Relations written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social sciences categories.
Peak Pursuits
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Author : Caroline Schaumann
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2020-07-28
Peak Pursuits written by Caroline Schaumann and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-07-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
An interdisciplinary cultural history of exploration and mountaineering in the nineteenth century European forays to mountain summits began in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries with the search for plants and minerals and the study of geology and glaciers. Yet scientists were soon captivated by the enterprise of climbing itself, enthralled with the views and the prospect of “conquering” alpine summits. Inspired by Romantic notions of nature, early mountaineers idealized their endeavors as sublime experiences, all the while deliberately measuring what they saw. As increased leisure time and advances in infrastructure and equipment opened up once formidable mountain regions to those seeking adventure and sport, new models of masculinity emerged that were fraught with tensions. This book examines how written and artistic depictions of nineteenth-century exploration and mountaineering in the Andes, the Alps, and the Sierra Nevada shaped cultural understandings of nature and wilderness in the Anthropocene.
Mountains And The German Mind
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Author : Sean Moore Ireton
language : en
Publisher: Studies in German Literature L
Release Date : 2020
Mountains And The German Mind written by Sean Moore Ireton and has been published by Studies in German Literature L this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
The first scholarly English translations of thirteen vital texts that elucidate the central role mountains have played across nearly five centuries of Germanophone cultural history.
Alexander Von Humboldt
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Author : Ottmar Ette
language : en
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Release Date : 2018-09
Alexander Von Humboldt written by Ottmar Ette and has been published by Prestel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09 with Latin America categories.
This stunning volume delves into the extraordinary illustrated notebooks of Alexander von Humboldt's journeys through the Americas, which reveal the graphic musings of an intrepid explorer, a writer and philosopher, and the father of the environmental movement. At the dawn of the 19th century, the Prussian explorer Alexander von Humboldt was granted permission to charter an expedition to Spain's colonies in the New World. Over the course of five years, Humboldt would travel to the Orinoco and Amazon rivers, predict the agricultural and commercial potential of Cuba, climb higher in the Andes than anyone before him, and acknowledge the achievements of the ancient indigenous American civilizations. And he recorded it all in a series of diaries. On occasion of the 250th anniversary of Humboldt's birth, the drawings from these diaries are now available in a large format, slip-cased edition. Structured thematically, the 450 illustrations have been painstakingly reproduced, complete with handwritten notes, ink stains and water spots. Humboldt drew everything he saw--Incan ruins, electric eels, the transit of Mercury, silver mines, and ocean currents. In addition to being remarkably well preserved, these drawings offer tremendous insight into Humboldt's prescient observations. Featuring commentary by a renowned expert on Humboldt's work, this breathtaking volume will bring to life one of history's most accomplished thinkers, while providing fascinating reading for anyone interested in history and nature.
Been There Done That Writing Stories From Real Life
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Author : Mike Winchell
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2015-11-03
Been There Done That Writing Stories From Real Life written by Mike Winchell and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-03 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Award-winning and bestselling authors turn their own real-life experiences into captivating works of fiction! Where do authors get their ideas? And how do they turn those ideas into stories? This anthology looks at the process of taking real-life experiences and turning them into works of engaging fiction. The collection features award-winning and bestselling middle-grade authors who provide both original fictional short stories as well as the nonfiction accounts that inspired them. The contributing authors include Julia Alvarez, Karen Cushman, Margarita Engle, Dee Garretson, Nathan Hale, Matthew Kirby, Claire Legrand, Grace Lin, Kate Messner, Linda Sue Park, Adam Rex, Gary Schmidt, Alan Sitomer, Caroline Starr Rose, Heidi Stemple, Rita Williams-Garcia, Tracy Edward Wymer, Lisa Yee, and Jane Yolen.
American Eden David Hosack Botany And Medicine In The Garden Of The Early Republic
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Author : Victoria Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Liveright Publishing
Release Date : 2018-06-05
American Eden David Hosack Botany And Medicine In The Garden Of The Early Republic written by Victoria Johnson and has been published by Liveright Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-05 with Science categories.
Finalist for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction A New York Times Editors' Choice Selection The untold story of Hamilton’s—and Burr’s—personal physician, whose dream to build America’s first botanical garden inspired the young Republic. On a clear morning in July 1804, Alexander Hamilton stepped onto a boat at the edge of the Hudson River. He was bound for a New Jersey dueling ground to settle his bitter dispute with Aaron Burr. Hamilton took just two men with him: his “second” for the duel, and Dr. David Hosack. As historian Victoria Johnson reveals in her groundbreaking biography, Hosack was one of the few points the duelists did agree on. Summoned that morning because of his role as the beloved Hamilton family doctor, he was also a close friend of Burr. A brilliant surgeon and a world-class botanist, Hosack—who until now has been lost in the fog of history—was a pioneering thinker who shaped a young nation. Born in New York City, he was educated in Europe and returned to America inspired by his newfound knowledge. He assembled a plant collection so spectacular and diverse that it amazes botanists today, conducted some of the first pharmaceutical research in the United States, and introduced new surgeries to American. His tireless work championing public health and science earned him national fame and praise from the likes of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander von Humboldt, and the Marquis de Lafayette. One goal drove Hosack above all others: to build the Republic’s first botanical garden. Despite innumerable obstacles and near-constant resistance, Hosack triumphed when, by 1810, his Elgin Botanic Garden at last crowned twenty acres of Manhattan farmland. “Where others saw real estate and power, Hosack saw the landscape as a pharmacopoeia able to bring medicine into the modern age” (Eric W. Sanderson, author of Mannahatta). Today what remains of America’s first botanical garden lies in the heart of midtown, buried beneath Rockefeller Center. Whether collecting specimens along the banks of the Hudson River, lecturing before a class of rapt medical students, or breaking the fever of a young Philip Hamilton, David Hosack was an American visionary who has been too long forgotten. Alongside other towering figures of the post-Revolutionary generation, he took the reins of a nation. In unearthing the dramatic story of his life, Johnson offers a lush depiction of the man who gave a new voice to the powers and perils of nature.
Gold Rush Diary
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Author : Thomas D. Clark
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2021-11-21
Gold Rush Diary written by Thomas D. Clark and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-21 with Literary Collections categories.
Among the hundreds captivated by the vision of quick riches in the gold fields of California was Elisha Douglass Perkins, a tall handsome youth from Marietta, Ohio, who has here left a remarkable first-hand account of the great trek westward in 1849. Perkins' diary is an unusually full and intimate record of crossing the plains and mountains of the Great West. Extensive notes supplement the text, associating it with numerous other published and unpublished accounts, while an appendix of reports and letters from the Marietta newspaper reveals the involvement of those at home with the Gold Rush. An annotated map shows Perkins' progress along the Overland Trail.