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The Face of Nature: Precise Measurement, Mapping, and Sensibility in the Work of Alexander von Humboldt

✍ Scribed by Michael Dettelbach

Book ID
117765763
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
1001 KB
Volume
30
Category
Article
ISSN
1369-8486

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