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 The Humboldt Current: 19th-Century Exploration and the Sources of American Envionmentalism Aaron Sachs EXPLORATION • 2007 • PAPER • 512 PAGES
Aaron Sachs takes on the towering figure of the early 19th-century scientist explorer, Alexander von Humbodt, revered by Darwin and celebrated in Europe and America, to trace the history of American exploration. It was Humboldt that inspired Clarence King (first director of the US Geological Survey), J.N Reynolds, the force behind the U.S. Exploring Expedition, polar explorer George Wallace Melville and none other than John Muir, founder of the Sierra Club.
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