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Romantic travellers: Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin

Raimon Sucarrats Riera

Abstract


Humboldt and Darwin belonged to different generations and their approaches to the study of nature differed. However, they had something in common: their lives were shaken up and changed course after their respective journeys, which marked the starting point of their fruitful scientific careers.

Keywords


Alexander von Humboldt; Charles Darwin; scientific expeditions; nineteenth-century science

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.79.2636

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