The article evaluates how the geographical and anthropological information gathered by Alexander von Humboldt during his voyages in America and his subsequent studies was diffused in Italy through the publication of Giulio Ferrario's Costume antico e moderno, a monumental work in 23 volumes published between 1815 and 1835. In the article both texts and images from Humboldt's and Ferrario's works are compared in detail.
Enrico Banfi, Filippo Bianconi, Davide Domenici, Agnese Visconti (2021). Making Alexander von Humboldt's work known in Lombardy: the American volumes of Giulio Ferrario's Costume antico e moderno. NATURA, 111(2), 3-92.
Making Alexander von Humboldt's work known in Lombardy: the American volumes of Giulio Ferrario's Costume antico e moderno
Davide Domenici;
2021
Abstract
The article evaluates how the geographical and anthropological information gathered by Alexander von Humboldt during his voyages in America and his subsequent studies was diffused in Italy through the publication of Giulio Ferrario's Costume antico e moderno, a monumental work in 23 volumes published between 1815 and 1835. In the article both texts and images from Humboldt's and Ferrario's works are compared in detail.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
