a new article was published in Science&Diplomacy, AAA Center for Science Diplomacy,

Online journal: https://www.sciencediplomacy.org/perspective/2023/pursuit-knowledge-in-world-politics-alexander-von-humboldt-early-advocate-science

October 2023

Rebok, Sandra, “A vast field to conquer for the sciences: The American West in Humboldt’s Kosmos”, in: Giacomo de Angelis (ed.), Kosmos nel XXI Secolo. Humboldt im XXI. Jahrhundert, Humboldt-Kolleg, Associazione Italiana Alexander von Humboldt, Villa Vigoni, Lovenio di Menaggio, 2020, p. 107-116.

“Alexander von Humboldt and the Louisiana Purchase: “The way from Missouri to the Pacific Ocean would then be open”, Der Maibaum, Journal of the Deutschheim Verein, Vol. XXIX, n. 1 spring/summer 2020, p. 6-13.

This article explains the importance of the Louisiana purchase in 1803 for Humboldt's decision to visit the United States. Der Maibaum is a publication of Deutschheim Verein, more information is available on their website: http://deutschheimverein.org