The incredible yet true adventures of Alexander von Humboldt : the greatest inventor-naturalist-scientist-explorer who ever lived /
Mehnert, Volker,
The incredible yet true adventures of Alexander von Humboldt : the greatest inventor-naturalist-scientist-explorer who ever lived / Volker Mehnert ; illustrated by Claudia Lieb ; translated by Becky L. Crook. - 105 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
"Originally published in Germany as Alexander von Humboldt by Gerstenberg Verlag in 2018."--Title page verso. "With 75 color illustrations"--Page 4 of Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-105).
Prologue -- An adventurous boy -- Farewell, Europe. Which way to the Americas? ; The volcano of Tenerife ; Across the Atlantic -- Venezuela. First steps in South America ; A waterway through the jungle ; Solving a geographical puzzle -- Through the Andes Mountains. From the swelter to cooler climes ; On top of South America ; Onward to the Pacific! -- The voyage home. The land of silver ; An American president ; A global citizen in Europe ; The second man -- New adventures. A whirlwhind trek through Siberia ; The world comes to Berlin.
"A richly illustrated middle-grade narrative biography about the life and adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the late eighteenth-, early nineteenth-century Prussian polymath-explorer, lost hero of science, and source of inspiration for Charles Darwin and Henry David Thoreau"--
Ages 8 and up.
Translated from the German.
9781615196319 1615196315 9781615196401 1615196404
2019024865
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 --Juvenile literature.
Scientists--Germany--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Naturalists--Germany--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.
The incredible yet true adventures of Alexander von Humboldt : the greatest inventor-naturalist-scientist-explorer who ever lived / Volker Mehnert ; illustrated by Claudia Lieb ; translated by Becky L. Crook. - 105 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
"Originally published in Germany as Alexander von Humboldt by Gerstenberg Verlag in 2018."--Title page verso. "With 75 color illustrations"--Page 4 of Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-105).
Prologue -- An adventurous boy -- Farewell, Europe. Which way to the Americas? ; The volcano of Tenerife ; Across the Atlantic -- Venezuela. First steps in South America ; A waterway through the jungle ; Solving a geographical puzzle -- Through the Andes Mountains. From the swelter to cooler climes ; On top of South America ; Onward to the Pacific! -- The voyage home. The land of silver ; An American president ; A global citizen in Europe ; The second man -- New adventures. A whirlwhind trek through Siberia ; The world comes to Berlin.
"A richly illustrated middle-grade narrative biography about the life and adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the late eighteenth-, early nineteenth-century Prussian polymath-explorer, lost hero of science, and source of inspiration for Charles Darwin and Henry David Thoreau"--
Ages 8 and up.
Translated from the German.
9781615196319 1615196315 9781615196401 1615196404
2019024865
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 --Juvenile literature.
Scientists--Germany--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Naturalists--Germany--Biography--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.
Illustrated works.