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Essay on the Geography of Plants by Alexander von Humboldt
$42.95 AUD
Category: Natural History and Environment
The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799-1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aime Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, and inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson ...Show more
Jaguars and Electric Eels by Alexander von Humboldt
$12.95 AUD
Category: Travel | Series: Penguin Great Journeys
A great, innovative and restless thinker, the young Humboldt (1769-1859) went on his epochal journey to the New World during a time of revolutionary ferment across Europe. This part of his matchless narrative of adventure and scientific research focuses on his time in Venezuela - in the Llanos and on th ...Show more
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