Adelbert von Chamisso: Die Tagebücher der Weltreise 1815-1818: Edition der handschriftlichen Bücher aus dem Nachlass. Teil 1: Text. Teil 2: Kommentar

The poet and naturalist Adelbert von Chamisso traveled around the world from 1815 to 1818. His original diaries remained unpublished and are presented here for the first time ever. Chamisso's notebooks contain impressions and scientific results, descriptions of four continents and oceans, geographical sketches, zoological and botanical observations, reports from first encounters with indigenous people. The edition's two volumes present the original text with commentary, essays and glossarie...