Includes bibliographical references and index.

Curiosity about curiosity -- Exemplars of the inquisitive spirit -- Shamans and scholars : the questing self as archetype -- Epistemic curiosity and romantic sensibility in American geography -- Anima curiositas : Carl O. Sauer -- Curious descendants : Sauer's web of scholarly influence -- Scholarly motivation, intrinsic and extrinsic -- Born to seek : an intellectual topography -- Curiosity as progressive actualization -- Twisting paths and blind alleys : curiosity and the contingency of the quest -- Curiosity as text and sequel : landscape as witness to the past -- Conclusion. The long journey to scholarly enchantment.

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