Alexander Von Humboldt

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the…


Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


In 1799, with extensive travel permissions from the Spanish government, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland departe…

Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of The Universe: Introduction


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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt was a Prussian geographer, naturalist, explorer, and influential proponent of romantic phi…

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the…


Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


In Volume 2 of “The Personal Narrative”, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland continue their travels, beginning at L…

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the…


Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Volume 3, the final volume of the “Personal Narrative”, records the travels of Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland …