Romantic travellers: Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin
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https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.79.2636Keywords:
Alexander von Humboldt, Charles Darwin, scientific expeditions, nineteenth-century scienceAbstract
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.
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