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Divergent Perception: Deserts and Mountains in Transition to Modernity, Seen through Alexander von Humboldt’s Views of Nature (2021)

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Authors & Contributors
Boscani Leoni, Simona
Baumgartner, Sarah
Meike Knittel
Bourguet, Marie-Noëlle
Ette, Ottmar
Gänger, Stefanie
Journals
Intellectual History Review
British Journal for the History of Science
Earth Sciences History: Journal of the History of the Earth Sciences Society
Journal for the History of Knowledge
Publishers
Brill
Cambridge University Press
Akad.-Verl.
Franco Angeli
Lutterworth Press
Pantheon Books
Concepts
Natural history
Travel; exploration
Field notes
Fieldwork
Explorers and Exploration
Geography
People
Humboldt, Alexander von
Baudin, Nicolas
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
Simonys, Friedrich
Haller, Albrecht von
Unger, Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
16th century
17th century
20th century
Places
Latin America
Europe
Italy
France
Germany
Switzerland
Institutions
East India Company (English)
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