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Author Mehnert, Volker, author.

Title The incredible yet true adventures of Alexander von Humboldt : the greatest inventor-naturalist-scientist-explorer who ever lived / Volker Mehnert ; illustrated by Claudia Lieb ; translated by Becky L. Crook.

Publication Info. New York : The Experiment, 2019.
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 95th Street Juvenile Biography  J BIO HUMBOLDT    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Biography  J BIO HUMBOLDT    AVAILABLE
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Description 105 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Audience Ages 8-12 The Experiment.
Grades 7-9 The Experiment.
Note Ages 8-12 The Experiment.
Grades 7-9 The Experiment.
"Originally published in Germany as Alexander von Humboldt by Gerstenberg Verlag in 2018."--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 103).
Summary "A richly illustrated middle-grade narrative biography about the life and adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the late eighteenth-, early nineteenth-century Prussian polymath-explorer, lost hero of science, and source of inspiration for Charles Darwin and Henry David Thoreau"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 -- Juvenile literature.
Scientists -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Naturalists -- Germany -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Scientists -- Juvenile literature.
Naturalists -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Lieb, Claudia, illustrator.
Added Title Alexander von Humboldt. English.
ISBN 9781615196319
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