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This 1850 English translation presents engaging popular essays on geography and science, originally published 1808, in their third, 1849, edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Publisher's preface; Author's preface to the first edition; Author's preface to the second and third editions; Summary of contents; Steppes and deserts; Cataracts of the Orinoco; Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest; Ideas for a physiognomy of plants; On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the Earth; Vital force, or the Rhodian genius; The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes; Index.
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Views of Nature, Alexander von Humboldt
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- 2011
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- Title
- Views of Nature
- Subtitle
- Or Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Released
- 2011
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 490
- ISBN13
- 9781108037358
- Category
- History
- Description
- This 1850 English translation presents engaging popular essays on geography and science, originally published 1808, in their third, 1849, edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Publisher's preface; Author's preface to the first edition; Author's preface to the second and third editions; Summary of contents; Steppes and deserts; Cataracts of the Orinoco; Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest; Ideas for a physiognomy of plants; On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the Earth; Vital force, or the Rhodian genius; The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes; Index.