5206519
9780143111924
Alexander von Humboldt was a towering figure of his time - scientist, explorer, and polymath, imbued with Enlightenment ideas. In this work, Aaron Sachs rescues Humboldt from obscurity, and reveals the impact of a single European on both American thought and the environmental movement.Sachs, Aaron is the author of 'Humboldt Current Nineteenth-century Exploration and the Roots of American Environmentalism', published 2007 under ISBN 9780143111924 and ISBN 0143111922.
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