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03362aam a2200433Mi 4500 001 0C568F20621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170706010219 008 161125s2017 xx b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780773549401 020 $a 0773549404 035 $a (OCoLC)964328973 040 $a YDX $b eng $c YDX $d BDX $d BTCTA $d NLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCQ $d SILO 043 $a e-gx--- $a e-gx--- 055 0 $a Q143 H9 $b E35 2017 082 04 $a 509.2 $2 23 100 1 $a ECHENBERG, MYRON. 245 10 $a HUMBOLDT'S MEXICO : $b in the footsteps of the illustrious german scientific traveller. 260 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b MCGILL-QUEENS UNIV Press, $c 2017. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The incalculable influence of Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) on biology, botany, geology, and meteorology deservedly earned him the reputation as the world's most illustrious scientist before Charles Darwin. From 1799 to 1804, Humboldt's breath-taking explorations of Mexico and South America are akin to Europe's second "discovery" of the New World--this time, a scientific one. His Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain is a foundational document about Mexico and its cultures and is still widely consulted by anthropologists, geographers, and historians. In Humboldt's Mexico Myron Echenberg presents a straightforward guide with historical and cultural context to Humboldt's travels in Mexico. Humboldt packed a lifetime of scientific studies into one daunting year, and soon after published a four-volume account of his findings. His adventures range widely from inspections of colonial silver mines, hikes to the summits of volcanoes, meticulous examination of secret Spanish colonial archives in Mexico City, and scientific discussions of archaeological sites of pre-Hispanic Indigenous cultures. Echenberg traces Humboldt's journey, as described in his publications, his diary, and other writings, across the heartland of Mexico, while also pursuing Humboldt's life, his science, his experiences, his influence on scholars of his time and after, and the various efforts by others to honour and at times to denigrate his legacy. Part history, part travelogue, and always highly readable and informative, Humboldt's Mexico is an engaging account of a gifted scientist and visionary that ranges across topics as diverse and broad as the Romantic-era natural history."-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Humboldt, Alexander von, $d 1769-1859 $x Travel $z Mexico. 600 17 $a Humboldt, Alexander von, $d 1769-1859. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00054219 650 0 $a Germans $x Travel $z Mexico. 650 0 $a Scientists $x Travel $z Mexico. 651 0 $a Mexico $x History. 651 0 $a Mexico $x Description and travel. 650 7 $a Germans $x Travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00942152 650 7 $a Scientists $x Travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01108941 650 7 $a Travel. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01155558 651 7 $a Mexico. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01211700 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 1 $a Echenberg, Myron J. $t Humboldt's Mexico. $w (CaOONL)20179005618 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191214015959.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20170907010736.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0C568F20621111E7BC2B04C5DAD10320 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search