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Book Title: Life of Alexander Von Humboldt
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 1.2in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Alfred Dove, Robert Avé-Lallemant, Julius Löwenberg
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Topic: Adventurers & Explorers, General, Historical, Science & Technology
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 25.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 460 Pages
