The invention of nature : Alexander von Humboldt's new world /
by Andrea Wulf.
- First American Edition.
- xix, 473 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
"THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prologue -- Part 1. Departure: Emerging ideas -- Part 2. Arrival: Collecting ideas -- Part 3. Return: Sorting ideas -- Part 4. Influence: Spreading ideas -- Part 5. New worlds: Evolving ideas.