The Invention Of Humboldt

<P>The <EM>Invention of Humboldt</EM> is a game-changing volume of essays by leading scholars of the Hispanic world that explodes many myths about Alexander von Humboldt and his world.</P><P>Rather than ''follow in Humboldt''s footsteps,'' this book outlines the new critical horizon of post-Humboldtian Humboldt studies: the archaeology of all that lies buried under the Baron''s epistemological footprint. Contrary to the popular image of Humboldt as a solitary ''adventurer'' and ''hero of science'' surrounded by New World nature, <I>The Invention of Humboldt</I> demonstrates that the Baron''s opus and practice was largely derivative of the knowledge communities and archives of the Hispanic world. Although Humboldtian writing has invented a powerful cult that has served to erase the sources of his knowledge and practice, in truth Humboldt did not ''invent nature,'' nor did he pioneer global science: he was the beneficiary of Iberian natural science and globalization. Nor was Humboldt a p

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