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Stars, mosquitoes, and crocodiles; the American travels of Alexander von Humboldt.
- Title
- Stars, mosquitoes, and crocodiles; the American travels of Alexander von Humboldt. Selected and edited by Millicent E. Selsam. Illus. by Russell Francis Peterson.
- Author
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
- Publication
- New York : Harper & Row, [c1962]
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- Description
- 170p. illus.
- Subject
- Note
- Abridged selections from the 1852 English translation of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du nouveau continent; supplemented with excerpts from several of the author's other writings.
- The journeys and observations of the man whom Darwin has called "the most scientific traveler who ever lived."
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography in "Sources and selections," p.168-170.
- LCCN
- 61012085
- Author
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
- Title
- Stars, mosquitoes, and crocodiles; the American travels of Alexander von Humboldt. Selected and edited by Millicent E. Selsam. Illus. by Russell Francis Peterson.
- Imprint
- New York : Harper & Row, [c1962]
- Bibliography
- Bibliography in "Sources and selections," p.168-170.
- Added Author
- Selsam, Millicent E. (Millicent Ellis), 1912-1996.Peterson, Russell Francis, ill.
- Branch Call Number
- J 508.3 H