The invention of nature humboldt5/19/2023 The tale of adventure and discovery is well suited to the graphic format, and Wulf and Melcher do it proud. But no one took investigation of the environment further than Humboldt - and no one thought as seriously about how the measurements could be integrated into a holistic understanding of our globe. It was a time when scientists had become obsessed with measuring and documenting all aspects of their environment, from human features to the elevation of hills. To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Humboldt’s birth this year, Wulf has teamed up with artist Lillian Melcher to create The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, a graphic work of non-fiction depicting Humboldt’s five-year exploration of Latin America as a young man. The Adventures of Alexander von Humboldt Andrea Wulf and Lillian Melcher Pantheon (2019)įour years ago, the historian Andrea Wulf rescued Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) from relative international obscurity with her delightful biography, The Invention of Nature.
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