Alexander von Humbolt's amerikanisches Reisewerk: ethnographie und kulturkritik um 1800

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Alexander von Humboldt's language on paleobotany and plant distribution was detached and logical. The vocabulary in his American ethnic studies became increasingly poetic. Humboldt described American natives slowly passing from a primitive state to a sense of liberty and contentment. This view was shared by Johann Schiller, who believed poetic language would encourage their readers' esthetic education. The article text is in German.

Research, Analysis, Influence, Criticism and interpretation, Ethnology, Paleobotany, Cultural anthropology, Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von, Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von, Baron

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One hundred and four laser printers are evaluated ranging in price from 189 pounds sterling to 14,530 pounds sterling. The QMS DeskLaser 600 printer is best in its class. It produces six pages per minute, is non-postscript and costs 199 pounds sterling to purchase. The Kyocera FS-600 laser printer produces six pages per minute and can hold up to 150 pages at any one time.

Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Laser printers, QMS DeskLaser 600 (Laser printer), Kyocera FS-600 (Laser printer)

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Heir to Columbus

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Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl is working on an archaeological project in northwestern Peru. At 77, Heyerdahl studies New World civilizations that rival Old World cultures. Heyerdahl calls Columbus' discovery of America 'the Great Encounter.'

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