Amerika in Asien

America in Asia

América en Asia

  • Since 1793, Alexander von Humboldt had been dreaming of realizing a travel to Russia, leading him right into Central Asia. In 1829, he finally was able to see his dream fulfilled, although the contexts and conditions of his travel to Russia were totally different from those of his voyage to the Americas, realized some thirty years earlier. Severely controlled by the Russian monarchy, the travellers made it up to the Chinese border, rapidly crossing, within very few months and with the help of more than 12000 horses, more than 18000 kilometers. This article analizes the outstanding importance of Humboldt's Asian project in the context of Humboldtian Science, specially focussing the relevance of TransArea studies within its omnipresent AsiAmerican dimensions. Therefore, Asie centrale occupies a highly specific place within the complex cosmos of Humboldt's writings, highlighting a fascinating transdisciplinary and geoecological approach still of great importance today.
  • Desde el año 1793, Alejandro de Humboldt soñaba con un viaje a Rusia que debería llevarle hasta el interior de la Asia central. Este viaje, realizado por fin en 1829, se caracterizó por condiciones muy diferentes del viaje americano llevado a cabo unos treinta años antes. Bajo el control muy estricto de la monarquía rusa, los viajeros recorrieron, en pocos meses y con más de 12000 caballos, más de 18000 kilómetros, llegando hasta la frontera china. Este ensayo analiza la importancia del viaje asiático dentro del contexto de la ciencia humboldtiana, destacando sobre todo la omnipresencia de lo americano que subraya una epistemología que se basa en su dimensión transareal. De esta forma, Asie centrale ocupa un lugar muy preciso y a la vez destacado dentro del cosmos humboldtiano, abriéndose hacia concepciones transdisciplinarias y geoecológicas que no han perdido nada de su actualidad.

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Author details:Ottmar EtteORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-35794
ISSN:2568-3543
ISSN:1617-5239
Title of parent work (German):Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; international review for Humboldtian studies
Subtitle (German):Alexander von Humboldts Asie centrale und die russisch sibirische Forschungsreise im transarealen Kontext
Subtitle (English):Alexander von Humboldt's «Asie centrale» in the context of TransArea Studies
Subtitle (Spanish):«Asie centrale», de Alejandro de Humboldt, y el contexto transareal del viaje a Rusia
Publisher:Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Place of publishing:Potsdam
Publication type:Article
Language:German
Publication year:2007
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Publishing institution:Universitätsverlag Potsdam
Release date:2009/09/11
Tag:1829; Amerika; Charles Darwin; Columbus; Netzwerke des Wissens; Raynal
Asie Centrale
Volume:VIII
Issue:14
Number of pages:25
First page:16
Last Page:39
Source:HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz, VIII (2007) 14
RVK - Regensburg classification:GK 4953, NU 5089, WB 3187, RT 10026, RB 10032
Organizational units:Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Romanistik
DDC classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 50 Naturwissenschaften / 509 Histor., geogr., personenbezogene Behandlung
9 Geschichte und Geografie / 91 Geografie, Reisen / 911 Historische Geografie
Collection(s):Universität Potsdam / Zeitschriften / HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz ; International Review for Humboldtian Studies, ISSN 1617-5239 / HiN VIII, 14 (2007)
Peer review:Referiert
Publishing method:Open Access
Universitätsverlag Potsdam
License (German):License LogoCC-BY-NC - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell 4.0 International
External remark:The original publication is available at https://doi.org/10.18443/89
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