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001			on1089418457
003			OCoLC
005			20190925170845.0
008			190719s2019 nyuab j b 000 0beng
010			_a 2019024865
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dYDX _dOCLCO _dOCLCF _dXYZ _dILC _dYDX _dNYP _dNFG
020			_a9781615196319 _qhardcover
020			_a1615196315 _qhardcover
020			_a9781615196401 _qpaperback
020			_a1615196404 _qpaperback
020			_z9781615196326 _qelectronic book
035			_a(OCoLC)1089418457
041	1		_aeng _hger
042			_apcc
043			_ae-gx---
092			_aHumboldt A. _bM498
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMehnert, Volker, _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aAlexander von Humboldt. _lEnglish
245	1	4	_aThe incredible yet true adventures of Alexander von Humboldt : _bthe greatest inventor-naturalist-scientist-explorer who ever lived / _cVolker Mehnert ; illustrated by Claudia Lieb ; translated by Becky L. Crook.
264		1	_aNew York : _bThe Experiment, _c2019.
300			_a105 pages : _bcolor illustrations, color maps ; _c28 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Originally published in Germany as Alexander von Humboldt by Gerstenberg Verlag in 2018."--Title page verso.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 103-105).
500			_a"With 75 color illustrations"--Page 4 of Cover.
546			_aTranslated from the German.
505	0		_aPrologue -- 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.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
521	1		_aAges 8 and up.
600	1	0	_aHumboldt, Alexander von, _d1769-1859 _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aScientists _zGermany _vBiography _vJuvenile literature.
650		0	_aNaturalists _zGermany _vBiography _vJuvenile literature.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft
655		7	_aIllustrated works. _2lcgft
700	1		_aLieb, Claudia, _eillustrator.
700	1		_aCrook, Becky L., _etranslator.
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c298213 _d298213