picture of the week
Humboldt's canoe (source: Botting, Humboldt and the Cosmos, p. 103 [0027])
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thought-bite of the week:
"I reckoned that it was my duty… to record all the data obtained from reliable sources.… The further man is from civilization, the more he enjoys astonishing people…. He says he has seen what he imagines may have been seen by others."
(Humboldt, "Personal Narrative", from Jaguars and Electric Eels, ed. & trans. Wilson, pp. 19 & 46)
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mini-text of the week (start):
"At midday we stopped at a deserted spot called Algodonal.… I walked along the beach to observe a group of crocodiles asleep in the sun.… [M]y stroll almost cost me my life.… "
Humboldt, "Personal Narrative", from Jaguars and Electric Eels, ed. & trans. Wilson, p. 74 (read more)
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