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A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America.
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famousâŠ
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1 author picked The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love comics of all kinds, so found it impossible to resist Andrea Wulfâs idea of adapting her popular biography of ecological pioneer Von Humboldt to the graphic form. Illustrator Lillian Melcher combines her comic chops and inventive design sense with Von Humboldtâs own drawings, maps, and specimen papers to create a book that truly enhances Wulfâs scholarly investigations. Plus itâs so much fun.Â
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