Humboldt's works on Mexico

Abstract: Abstract Humboldt wrote about Mexico from the perspective of a scientific explorer and naturalist. His works include his diaries, the Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne, the Tablas géograficas, the Vues des Cordillères and a geographic atlas. Concerning the scientific aspect, the lack of a section on Mexico in the Relation historique is not a real deficit, since this can be found in the Essai. But only the diaries and letters from the journey, both published by the Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Centre, Berlin, can be considered an adequate substitute. The following will show the origin of Humboldt's writings on Mexico, offer historical and bibliographical facts and present the publications „Beiträge zur Alexander von Humboldt-Forschung“, as well as Humboldt’s handwritten estate as far as they are available to us. Resumen Humboldt escribió sobre México desde la perspectiva de un explorador científico y un naturalista. Sus obras incluyen diarios, el „ensayo polít.... https://www.hin-online.de/index.php/hin/article/view/2

Angaben zum Objekt

• Standort: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Umfang: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Humboldt's works on Mexico ; volume:1 ; number:01 ; day:02 ; month:11 ; year:2021 ; HIN ; 1, Heft 01 (02.11.2021)

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Urheber: Leitner, Ulrike

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: 10.18443/2
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022011115480920234340
• Rechteinformation: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 15.08.2025, 07:20 MESZ