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Humboldt. The Life and Times of Alexander Von Humboldt, 1769-1859

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Victor W. von Hagen
Hispanic American Historical Review (1956) 36 (1): 96–98.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-36.1.96
Published: 01 February 1956
...Victor W. von Hagen Humboldt. The Life and Times of Alexander Von Humboldt, 1769-1859 . By de Terra Helmut . New York , 1955 . Alfred A. Knopf . Index. Appendix. Illustrations . Pp. xiv , ix , 386 . $5.75 . Copyright 1956 by Duke University Press 1956 ...
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Alexander von Humboldt

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Hanno Beck
Hispanic American Historical Review (1964) 44 (3): 394–395.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-44.3.394
Published: 01 August 1964
...Hanno Beck * This review was translated by Charles W. Arnade Alexander von Humboldt . By Kellner Lotte . London, New York, and Toronto , 1963 . Oxford University Press . Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. Index . Pp. 247 . $5.75 . Copyright 1964 by Duke University...
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The Hundredth Anniversary of the Death of Alexander von Humboldt

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Adolf Meyer Abich
Hispanic American Historical Review (1958) 38 (3): 394–396.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-38.3.394
Published: 01 August 1958
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The Tablas Geográfico-Politicas of Humboldt

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Theodore E. Treutlein
Hispanic American Historical Review (1947) 27 (4): 717–718.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-27.4.717
Published: 01 November 1947
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The Invention of Humboldt: On the Geopolitics of Knowledge

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Miguel Ángel Puig-Samper
Hispanic American Historical Review (2024) 104 (1): 147–149.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-10942729
Published: 01 February 2024
...Miguel Ángel Puig-Samper Para terminar, podemos concluir que este volumen encierra aportaciones valiosas para el estudio de Humboldt y su mundo, pero la construcción de la figura de Alexander von Humboldt por parte de los editores debe ser considerada críticamente. Finalmente, no es cierto...
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La obra de Alexander von Humboldt en México. Fundamento de la geografía moderna

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James J. Parsons
Hispanic American Historical Review (1958) 38 (1): 130–131.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-38.1.130
Published: 01 February 1958
...James J. Parsons La obra de Alexander von Humboldt en México. Fundamento de la geografía moderna . By Stevens-Middleton Rayfred Lionel . Mexico City , 1956 . Instituto Panamericano de Geografía e Historia . Sociedad Mexicana de Geografía y Estadística, No. 202 . Maps. Bibliography...
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The Fishmeal Revolution: The Industrialization of the Humboldt Current Ecosystem

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Gregory Ferguson-Cradler
Hispanic American Historical Review (2022) 102 (3): 521–523.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-9798369
Published: 01 August 2022
...Gregory Ferguson-Cradler The Fishmeal Revolution: The Industrialization of the Humboldt Current Ecosystem . By Kristin A. Wintersteen . Oakland : University of California Press , 2021 . Photographs. Maps. Figures. Appendixes. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index . xvii, 225 pp. Paper...
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Ensayo político sobre la Isla de Cuba: Alejandro de Humboldt

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Allan J. Kuethe
Hispanic American Historical Review (2001) 81 (2): 377–378.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-81-2-377
Published: 01 May 2001
...Allan J. Kuethe Ensayo político sobre la Isla de Cuba: Alejandro de Humboldt . Introduced and edited by Puig-Samper Miguel Angel , Orovio Consuelo Naranjo , and González Armando García . Aranjuez and Valladolid : Ediciones Doce Calles and the Junta de Castilla y Leon , 1998...
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Humboldt y México

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Stanley J. Stein
Hispanic American Historical Review (1964) 44 (4): 609–611.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-44.4.609
Published: 01 November 1964
...Stanley J. Stein Humboldt y México . By Miranda José . México , 1962 . Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México . Indices . Pp. 241 . Paper . Copyright 1964 by Duke University Press 1964 Few books on an underdeveloped area in modern times have had the impact of Humboldt’s...
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Entangled Empires: The Anglo-Iberian Atlantic, 1500–1830

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Fidel J. Tavárez
Hispanic American Historical Review (2019) 99 (3): 539–540.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-7573551
Published: 01 August 2019
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Political Essay on the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition

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Sterling Evans
Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95 (1): 141–142.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-2836952
Published: 01 February 2015
...Sterling Evans Political Essay on the Island of Cuba: A Critical Edition . By von Humboldt Alexander . Edited by Kutzinski Vera M. and Ette Ottmar . Translated by Anderson J. bradford , Kutzinski Vera M. , and Becker Anja . Alexander von Humboldt in English...
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Voyage aux Régions Equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent. Vols. XV-XVI. Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l’Amérique

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Wayne Ruwet
Hispanic American Historical Review (1974) 54 (3): 511–512.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-54.3.511
Published: 01 August 1974
...Wayne Ruwet These two slim volumes contain much valuable data for the modern scholar, but they are hardly the most significant of the 30 volumes that make up the entire set. Alexander von Humboldt’s monumental project is still so basic to Latin American studies, that any research library wishing...
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En los trópicos

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Morton Winsberg
Hispanic American Historical Review (1963) 43 (3): 412–413.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-43.3.412
Published: 01 August 1963
... Venezuela. It is almost inevitable that one would compare En los trópicos with Humboldt’s Voyages aux régions équinoxiales . Both authors were from the same educational mold, and both followed the same style in their books. Unfortunately Appun lacked the perception of Humboldt, and his book suffers...
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Science and Independence in Latin America (with Special Reference to New Granada)

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Thomas F. Glick
Hispanic American Historical Review (1991) 71 (2): 307–334.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-71.2.307
Published: 01 May 1991
... that was not only modern but distinctively American. In a preface to Alexander von Humboldt’s report on statistics of Mexico, which he reprinted in his Semanario del Nuevo Reino de Granada in 1810, Francisco José de Caldas explained that his aim was “to propose an American model” for the study and development...
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Colonial Travelers in Latin America Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain

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Jaime E. Rodríguez O.
Hispanic American Historical Review (1973) 53 (2): 314–315.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-53.2.314
Published: 01 May 1973
...Jaime E. Rodríguez O. Colonial Travelers in Latin America . Edited by Leonard Irving A. . New York , 1972 . Alfred A. Knopf . Borzoi Books on Latin America . Glossary . Pp. x , 235 . Paper. Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain . By Von Humboldt Alexander...
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Yellow Fever and the Late Colonial Public Health Response in the Port of Veracruz

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Andrew L. Knaut
Hispanic American Historical Review (1997) 77 (4): 619–644.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-77.4.619
Published: 01 November 1997
... the crown for funds to extend the town’s fortified perimeter. 11 When Alexander von Humboldt visited the port in 1804, consulado and town officials informed him that more than 16,000 permanent residents lived in crowded conditions in the town or camped among the dunes and swamps beyond the city walls...
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Francisco José de Caldas: A Scientist at Work in Nueva Granada

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Alberto Castrillón
Hispanic American Historical Review (1997) 77 (1): 123.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-77.1.123
Published: 01 February 1997
... in 1735 by the Paris Academy of Sciences and directed by Charles Marie de la Condamine; the Boyal Botanical Expedition to New Granada, under Mutis’ guidance; and the visit of the eminent naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, accompanied by the French botanist Aimé Bonpland. Appel recounts Caldas...
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Códice Azoyú 2: El señorío de Tlapa-Tlachinollan

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Lori Boornazian Diel
Hispanic American Historical Review (2014) 94 (4): 685–686.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-2802702
Published: 01 November 2014
... and are published in facsimile form in this volume; these include the Códice Azoyú 2, Humboldt Fragment 1, Lienzo de Tlapa, Códice Veinte Mazorcas, Lienzo de Aztatépec-Citlaltépec, and Lienzo de Chiepetlán. Transcriptions of alphabetic sources pertaining to the señorío , as well as drawings of another important...
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Entangled Fates: French-Trained Naturalists, the First Colombian Republic, and the Materiality of Geopolitical Practice, 1819–1830

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Lina Del Castillo
Hispanic American Historical Review (2018) 98 (3): 407–438.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-6933545
Published: 01 August 2018
... en Colombia . Vol. 6 , 1800–1806 . Bogotá : Editorial Kelly . Humboldt Alexander von . 1989 . Cartas americanas . Edited by Minguet Charles . Caracas : Biblioteca Ayacucho . Lanz José María de , and Betancourt Agustín de . 1808 . Essai sur la composition des...
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Communications

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Hispanic American Historical Review (1991) 71 (4): 931–932.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-71.4.931
Published: 01 November 1991
... of Science in Paris and named to the Royal Botanical Garden in Madrid. Copies of his studies are still retained by the principal archives and libraries in both Spain and Mexico. Because Professor Glick so thoroughly shows the influence of Humboldt in the development of science in Latin America, it would...
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