Exploring the Americas in a Humboldt Digital Library.
Part of a special section on the legacy of Prussian naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt's sojourn in the Americas, 1799–1804. Despite the challenges posed by the broad range and complexity of Humboldt's legacy, the Humboldt Digital Library < http://www.avhumboldt.net > seeks to produce a...
| Published in: | Geographical Review Vol. 96; no. 3; pp. 439 - 452 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
July 2006
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