Women, Travel, and Science in Nineteenth-Century Americas

Nina Gerassi-Navarro teaches Latin American Literature and Culture at Tufts University, where she is also Director of the Latin American Studies Program. She has written extensively on nation building, women, outlaws, and visual culture.  Her books include Pirate Novels: Metaphors of Nation Building (1999) and the co-edited volume, Otros estudios transatlánticos: Lecturas desde lo latinoamericano (2009).

• 1 Travels and Observation: An Introduction.- 2 Humboldt's Cosmography.- 3 Fanny Calderón de la Barca: The Power and Privilege of Observation.- 4 Elizabeth Cary Agassiz: the Art of Scientific Observation.- 5 Conclusions.