Odds and quads - 27 June 2013

The desk and spectacles pictured belonged to Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), the German polymath whose travels in Latin America led to the first serious scientific account of the continent

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June 27, 2013
Last updated
May 22, 2015
Matthew Reisz

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