Visualization of Humboldt´s travels on Google Earth
Extract of the project description:
The Humboldt Digital Library has used this program to create a map of Humboldt’s travels throughout the New World. Included are important places, images and paintings from artists, text descriptions, maps and lines marking Humboldt’s approximate path.
This tool allows the user to see the journey chronologically, something is not always easy when following his written works. The Google Earth helps users appreciate Humboldt’s writings and accomplishments in a visual fashion and dig deeper by linking the displayed information with text from the digital library.
Interaktive Karte von Humboldts Amerikareise mit Zugriff auf Auszüge seines Reisetagebuchs. Funktioniert nur mit aktueller Version von Google Earth. Ein Projekt der Humboldt Digital Library (University of Kansas, Fachhochschule Offenburg).
