Selected Writings of Alexander von Humboldt he conveyed his passion for

he conveyed his passion for the exquisite natural beauty of the United States

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From the obscure to the legendary

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Selected Writings of Alexander von Humboldt he conveyed his passion forTo Humboldt, the melody of his prose was as important as its empirical content, and this selection from his most famous worksincluding Cosmos, Views of Nature, and Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, among othersallows us the pleasure of reading his own accounts of his daring explorations. Humboldts writings profoundly influenced naturalists and poets including Darwin, Thoreau, Muir, Goethe, Wordsworth,