Contemporary Europeans like Buffon were accustomed to a deforested and intensively cultivated landscape. When confronted with the wild rivers, extensive wetlands and vast forests of eastern North America, they typically perceived the region as an unproductive and foreboding wasteland (…)
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Hablando de diferentes formas de concebir la naturaleza.
Tomado de por acá: http://www.ansp.org/museum/jefferson/otherPages/degeneracy-1.php
