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Alexander von Humboldt: „From Humboldt’s Essay on New Spain“, in: ders., Sämtliche Schriften digital, herausgegeben von Oliver Lubrich und Thomas Nehrlich, Universität Bern 2021. URL: <https://humboldt.unibe.ch/text/1811-Fragment_d_un-6-neu> [abgerufen am 20.04.2024].
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| Titel | From Humboldt’s Essay on New Spain | ||||
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| Jahr | 1820 | ||||
| Ort | New York City, New York | ||||
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Nachweis in: The American 1:155 (6. September 1820), [o. S.].
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| Sprache | Englisch | ||||
| Typografischer Befund | Antiqua; Spaltensatz; Auszeichnung: Kursivierung. | ||||
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Is it not very proper to attribute many, if notmost, of our diseases in the United-States, tothe same cause, viz: the sensible diminution oftemperature in the latter part of the night,during August and September?
From Humboldt’s Essay on New Spain.