Alexander von Humboldt’s Examen critique de l’histoire de la géographie du Nouveau Continent et des progrès de l’astronomie nautique aux quinzième et seizièmes siècles (1836-1839)
A brief introduction to an excerpt from the first English version TRANSIT vol. 15, no. 1 by Vera M. Kutzinski Download PDF Alexander von Humboldt’s Examen critique might rightly be regarded as the slightly belated crowning achievement of his writings about the Americas. Humboldt had begun his research for the Examen critique prior to sailing […]
Critical Examination of the History of the Geography of the New Continent and of the Progess of Nautical Astronomy in the 15th and 16th Centuries
by Alexander von Humboldt Translated by Vera M. Kutzinski TRANSIT vol. 15, no. 1 Download PDF NOTE: Translator’s additions in square brackets. To Dominique-Francois Arago, whose brilliant insights extended the fields of physical astronomy, optics, and the theory of electro-magnetism. As proof of my unflagging friendship and loyal devotion. Alexander von Humboldt Preface The […]
“The Inheritance”
by Safa el Khannoussi Translated by Elizabeth Sun and Thomas Siemerink TRANSIT vol. 15, no. 1 Download PDF I. In the spring of 2001, a man sits in a Moroccan teahouse in Amsterdam’s Pijp district and recalls the story of A.M. Almosnino. The events he recounts take place in the years 1973, 1974—though perhaps later […]
Translator’s Introduction to “The Inheritance”
by Elizabeth Sun and Thomas Siemerink TRANSIT vol. 15, no. 1 Download PDF “So they stood, brother and sister, facing one another in that laughable blood mystery…”“The Inheritance,” Safae el Khannoussi “The Inheritance” is one of the first pieces of fiction written by Safae el Khannoussi, an emerging talent in the Dutch-language literary world. First […]