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Alexander von Humboldt : Personal Narrative of Travels

Letter from Aikin to her brother Edmund, dated March 1818: 'It is curious to observe the native eloquence of Humboldt struggling with the encombrance of all the sciences. Did ever mortal man study so many ologies, or travel with so many ometers!'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Lucy Aikin      Print: Book

Alexander von Humboldt : unknown

'If you really want to have a [notion] of tropical countries, study Humboldt.? Skip th[e] scientific parts & commence after leaving Teneriffe.? My feelings amount to admiration the more I read him.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Charles Darwin      Print: Unknown

Alexander von Humboldt : Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe

'I am just now (when at home) reading 'Cosmos', a sketch of a physical description of the universe. Parts of it are very interesting, but others of too deeply scientific character for my limited capacity to comprehend; still I hope to gather a good deal of curious and useful information from it...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Eliza Ellis      Print: Book

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