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Title Statement | 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. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Alexander von Humboldt |
Author | Mehnert, Volker |
Additional Contributors | Crook, Becky L |
Lieb, Claudia | |
Publication | New York: The Experiment,2019. |
Extent of Item | 105 pages |
ISBN | 9781615196319 1615196315 |
Other Number | 3644760 |
General Notes | Translation of: Alexander von Humboldt. |
Audience & Ratings | Ages 8 and up. |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
Summary | "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"--Provided by publisher. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Naturalists--Biography--Juvenile literature--Germany |
Scientists--Biography--Juvenile literature--Germany | |
By Name | Humboldt, Alexander von,1769-1859 |