Alexander von Humboldt’s Library

Compiled and annotated by Giorleny D. Altamirano Rayo

Alexander von Humboldt’s actual library was destroyed in a fire in London in 1865. This 196-page PDF document is all the sources Humboldt directly or indirectly referenced in the Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain.

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