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	DOI:10.1111/J.1756-1183.2009.00061.X

Corpus ID: 55043270Who Measures the World? Alexander von Humboldt's Chimborazo Climb in the Literary Imagination
@article{Schaumann2009WhoMT,
  title={Who Measures the World? Alexander von Humboldt's Chimborazo Climb in the Literary Imagination},
  author={C. Schaumann},
  journal={The German Quarterly},
  year={2009},
  volume={82},
  pages={447-468}
}
	C. Schaumann
	Published 2009
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	The German Quarterly

On June 23, 1802, Alexander von Humboldt, Carlos Montufar, Aime Bonpland, and three guides attempted to climb the Andean peak Mount Chimborazo, which at 6267 meters (20,561 feet) was thought to be the highest mountain in the world. The ascent was one of the highlights of Humboldt’s legendary five-year research trip to the Spanish colonies in the Americas that began in 1799 in the Canary Islands and continued to Venezuela, Cuba, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico, and the United States. Unlike… Expand

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