EAN: 9781524747374

THE ADVENTURES OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT - ANDR...

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR  From the New York Times bestselling author of The
Invention of Nature  comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of
Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America.   Alexander von Humboldt
(1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless
life was packed with adventure and discovery  but his most revolutionary idea was a radical
vision of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use
of humankind alone. His theories and ideas were profoundly influenced by a five-year
exploration of South America. Now Andrea Wulf partners with artist Lillian Melcher to bring
this daring expedition to life  complete with excerpts from Humboldt's own diaries  atlases 
and publications. She gives us an intimate portrait of the man who predicted human-induced
climate change  fashioned poetic narrative out of scientific observation  and influenced iconic
figures such as Simón Bolívar  Thomas Jefferson  Charles Darwin  and John Muir. This gorgeous
account of the expedition not only shows how Humboldt honed his groundbreaking understanding of
the natural world but also illuminates the man and his passions.

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