The gaze of the explorer. Humboldt in Mexico
- 2017
- 1h 23m
Our film begins in 1834, when Humboldt, at the age of 65, starts writing in his apartment in Berlin Street, Oranienburg in Germany, all his experience and accumulated knowledge from his trav... Read allOur film begins in 1834, when Humboldt, at the age of 65, starts writing in his apartment in Berlin Street, Oranienburg in Germany, all his experience and accumulated knowledge from his travels, in his work "Kosmos". In flashback, mature Humboldt tells how on March 22 of 1803, at... Read allOur film begins in 1834, when Humboldt, at the age of 65, starts writing in his apartment in Berlin Street, Oranienburg in Germany, all his experience and accumulated knowledge from his travels, in his work "Kosmos". In flashback, mature Humboldt tells how on March 22 of 1803, at the age of 34, a Spanish frigate arrives in Acapulco, Guerrero. He shares his surprise an... Read all