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Hispanic American Historical Review (1956) 36 (1): 96–98.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (1964) 44 (3): 394–395.
Published: 01 August 1964
...Hanno Beck I welcome the appearance of the book by Lotte Kellner because the English biography published in 1955 called The Life and Times of Alexander von Humboldt by Helmut de Terras is largely a romantic psychological presentation. It rotates around an unknown homosexuality of Humboldt...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1947) 27 (4): 717–718.
Published: 01 November 1947
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2001) 81 (2): 377–378.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (1958) 38 (3): 394–396.
Published: 01 August 1958
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1958) 38 (1): 130–131.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (2022) 102 (3): 521–523.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (1964) 44 (4): 609–611.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (2024) 104 (1): 147–149.
Published: 01 February 2024
...Miguel Ángel Puig-Samper [email protected] The Invention of Humboldt: On the Geopolitics of Knowledge . Edited by Mark Thurner and Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra . Routledge Studies in Global Latin America . London : Routledge , 2022 . Map. Figures. Tables. Notes...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2019) 99 (3): 539–540.
Published: 01 August 2019
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2015) 95 (1): 141–142.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (1974) 54 (3): 511–512.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (1963) 43 (3): 412–413.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (1991) 71 (2): 307–334.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (1973) 53 (2): 314–315.
Published: 01 May 1973
...Jaime E. Rodríguez O. In contrast to Leonard’s collection of short essays, Mary Maples Dunn has abridged Alexander von Humboldt’s massive four volume Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain . Teachers now have a useful survey of Mexico on the eve of its independence. Unfortunately Dunn’s...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (1997) 77 (4): 619–644.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (1997) 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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Hispanic American Historical Review (2018) 98 (3): 407–438.
Published: 01 August 2018
..., but more importantly he had deep contacts with the highest echelons of the French Academy. Alexander von Humboldt himself, together with the chemist Alexandre Brongniart, launched the young man's meteoric rise among French academicians. 65 By bringing on Rivero y Ustariz and his enviable ties, Zea...
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Hispanic American Historical Review (2014) 94 (4): 685–686.
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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Hispanic American Historical Review (1991) 71 (4): 931–932.
Published: 01 November 1991
... 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 have been prudent for him to examine Alejandro de Humboldt. Ensayo político sobre el reino de la...
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