Aspects of nature in different lands and different climates; with scientific elucidations / By Alexander von Humboldt. Translated by Mrs. Sabine.

  • Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
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Aspects of nature in different lands and different climates; with scientific elucidations / By Alexander von Humboldt. Translated by Mrs. Sabine. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans & J. Murray, 1849.

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2 volumes ; (8vo)

Contents

I. Steppes and deserts. Cataracts of the Orinoco. Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest. Hypsometric addenda.--II. Physiognony of plants. On the structure and mode of action of volcanos, in different parts of the globe. The vital force, or The Rhodian genius. The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and the first view of the Pacific Ocean, from the crest of Andes.

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Copy 1 Vol. 2 Note: Longman's cat. (p. 32) at end of vol. ii.

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