The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt

　　當這世界還有許多山川生物寫著他的名字，這身影卻彷彿早已消失在現代科學視野，為眾人所遺忘。他以一場長達五年的壯闊冒險之旅，走進還未有科學家足跡的熱帶雨林和險峻高山，從此改變我們觀看世界的方式。而今日我們更能體會，這些洞見有多麼深刻─

　　《博物學家的自然創世紀》廣獲各界好評，紐約時報年度十大好書，自然科普傑出之作。

　　圖像小說The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt由《博物學家的自然創世紀》作者安德列雅・沃爾芙（Andrea Wulf）親自執筆，搭配插畫家Lillian Melcher，以傳記為本，將洪堡五年的南美遠征之行，化作圖像版，收入洪堡的日記、地圖及出版作品，充滿特色的圖像風格，將博物學家的重要發現、冒險際遇，對求知與自然熱情，構成這本大開本的美麗之作。

　　From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt’s five year expedition in South America.

　　Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, but his most revolutionary idea was a radical vision of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. His theories and ideas were profoundly influenced by a five-year exploration of South America. Now Andrea Wulf partners with artist Lillian Melcher to bring this daring expedition to life, complete with excerpts from Humboldt’s own diaries, atlases, and publications. She gives us an intimate portrait of the man who predicted human-induced climate change, fashioned poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and influenced iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, and John Muir. This gorgeous account of the expedition not only shows how Humboldt honed his groundbreaking understanding of the natural world but also illuminates the man and his passions.

作者簡介

　　ANDREA WULF lives in London. She is the author of Chasing Venus, Founding Gardeners, The Brother Gardeners, which was long-listed for the Samuel Johnson Prize and awarded the American Horticultural Society Book Award, and The Invention of Nature, a national best seller that won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Costa Biography Award, and the Royal Geographical Society Ness Award and was named one of The New York Times Top 10 Books of the Year. She has written for The New York Times, the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times.

　　LILLIAN MELCHER is an illustrator living and working in Boston, MA. Lillian graduated in 2016 from Parsons School of Design with a degree in illustration. She has been honored with the SCBWI Student Illustrator Scholarship for her picture book portfolio.