A Young Man from “Ultima Thule” Visits Jefferson: Alexander von Humboldt in Philadelphia and Washington

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TitleA Young Man from “Ultima Thule” Visits Jefferson: Alexander von Humboldt in Philadelphia and Washington
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PIDvideo:1035
Meeting Sequence Number2009_11_021
ASSOCIATED NAMES
American Philosophical Society Autumn Meeting (2009)
speakerCasper, Gerhard
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
AbstractThe Jayne Lecture on Alexander von Humboldt discusses his correspondence with Jefferson.
NoteHenry LaBarre Jayne Lecture
NoteProceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 155, No. 3 (September 2011), pp. 247-262
LanguageEnglish (eng)
Subject (local) History of Science
Subject (lcsh) Slavery
Subject (lcsh) Presidents
Subject (lcsh) Mastodons
Subject (lcsh) United States, History, 19th century
Subject (lcsh) Politics
Subject (lcsh) Physicians
Subject (lcsh) Cartography
Subject (lcsh) Spectacle
Subject (lcsh) Fossil plants
Subject (lcsh) Henry LaBarre Jayne Lecture
Subject (local) APS Meeting Videos
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TypeMovingImage
GenreLecture
Formatvideorecording
Extent01:06:43
Digital Originborn digital
ORIGIN INFORMATION
Date Issued2009-11-14
PublisherAmerican Philosophical Society
Placepau
PlacePhiladelphia, PA
PARENT COLLECTION
TitleAmerican Philosophical Society Archives. Series X.
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URLhttp://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/APS.Archives-ead.xml
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