"Anciennes folies neptuniennes!" Über das wiedergefundene "Journal du Mexique à Veracruz" aus den mexikanischen Reisetagebüchern A. v. Humboldts
Article in German, Abstracts in English and German.When Humboldt in 1853 reread his 1804 notebook of his travel from Mexico City to Veracruz, he criticized his “old Neptunistic follies” in a marginal note. Scholars have doubted that he was still a Neptunist in 1804, but this text and Humboldt’s lat...
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| description | Article in German, Abstracts in English and German.When Humboldt in 1853 reread his 1804 notebook of his travel from Mexico City to Veracruz, he criticized his “old Neptunistic follies” in a marginal note. Scholars have doubted that he was still a Neptunist in 1804, but this text and Humboldt’s later remark prove it.Curiously, these few pages were omitted from his South American notebooks when they were rebound in 9 volumes at the end of his life. Together with the Berlin State Library autograph collection, these missing pages were relocated during World War II, and for decades they were considered lost. Actually, they are well preserved in the Krakau University Library, where I found them recently. They form a valuable addition to Margot Faak’s edition of Humboldt’s Latin American diaries.This paper discusses the manuscript, showing the development of Humboldt’s opinions in some disciplines he was concerned with. Some of these developments represent paradigmatic changes in natural history, especially in geology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9f97dc7c450c4f18a4d4f19a6215c4702022-12-21T21:49:28ZdeuUniversität PotsdamHiN - Alexander von Humboldt im Netz. Internationale Zeitschrift für Humboldt-Studien1617-52392002-10-01III5"Anciennes folies neptuniennes!" Über das wiedergefundene "Journal du Mexique à Veracruz" aus den mexikanischen Reisetagebüchern A. v. HumboldtsUlrike LeitnerArticle in German, Abstracts in English and German.When Humboldt in 1853 reread his 1804 notebook of his travel from Mexico City to Veracruz, he criticized his “old Neptunistic follies” in a marginal note. Scholars have doubted that he was still a Neptunist in 1804, but this text and Humboldt’s later remark prove it.Curiously, these few pages were omitted from his South American notebooks when they were rebound in 9 volumes at the end of his life. Together with the Berlin State Library autograph collection, these missing pages were relocated during World War II, and for decades they were considered lost. Actually, they are well preserved in the Krakau University Library, where I found them recently. They form a valuable addition to Margot Faak’s edition of Humboldt’s Latin American diaries.This paper discusses the manuscript, showing the development of Humboldt’s opinions in some disciplines he was concerned with. Some of these developments represent paradigmatic changes in natural history, especially in geology.http://www.uni-potsdam.de/u/romanistik/humboldt/hin/hin5/leitner.htmAlexander von HumboldtUlrike Leitner18531804Latin American DiariesMargot FaakGeology |
| spellingShingle | Ulrike Leitner "Anciennes folies neptuniennes!" Über das wiedergefundene "Journal du Mexique à Veracruz" aus den mexikanischen Reisetagebüchern A. v. Humboldts HiN - Alexander von Humboldt im Netz. Internationale Zeitschrift für Humboldt-Studien Alexander von Humboldt Ulrike Leitner 1853 1804 Latin American Diaries Margot Faak Geology |
| title | "Anciennes folies neptuniennes!" Über das wiedergefundene "Journal du Mexique à Veracruz" aus den mexikanischen Reisetagebüchern A. v. Humboldts |
| title_full | "Anciennes folies neptuniennes!" Über das wiedergefundene "Journal du Mexique à Veracruz" aus den mexikanischen Reisetagebüchern A. v. Humboldts |
| title_fullStr | "Anciennes folies neptuniennes!" Über das wiedergefundene "Journal du Mexique à Veracruz" aus den mexikanischen Reisetagebüchern A. v. Humboldts |
| title_full_unstemmed | "Anciennes folies neptuniennes!" Über das wiedergefundene "Journal du Mexique à Veracruz" aus den mexikanischen Reisetagebüchern A. v. Humboldts |
| title_short | "Anciennes folies neptuniennes!" Über das wiedergefundene "Journal du Mexique à Veracruz" aus den mexikanischen Reisetagebüchern A. v. Humboldts |
| title_sort | anciennes folies neptuniennes uber das wiedergefundene journal du mexique a veracruz aus den mexikanischen reisetagebuchern a v humboldts |
| topic | Alexander von Humboldt Ulrike Leitner 1853 1804 Latin American Diaries Margot Faak Geology |
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