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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, Vol. I (in 3 Volumes): During the Years 1799-1804

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, Vol. I (in 3 Volumes): During the Years 1799-1804

Von Humboldt, Alexander
Bonpland, Aime
Ross, Thomasina

Hardcover

Travel WritingGeneral World HistoryNature Writing

ISBN10: 1605209589
ISBN13: 9781605209586
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: Jan 1 2013
Pages: 532
Weight: 1.78
Height: 1.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The list of species named after him is long. His contributions to the foundations of modern science are inestimable. German naturalist and explorer ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT (1769-1859) was called by Charles Darwin the greatest traveling scientist who ever lived and by Thomas Jefferson the most important scientist whom I have met. From 1799 to 1804, Von Humboldt traveled with French botanist AIMÉ JACQUES ALEXANDRE BONPLAND (1773-1858) in Latin America, the first exploration from a scientific perspective of this vital region of the planet, and afterward, they produced this groundbreaking three-volume work, which introduced Europeans to this previously mysterious land. First published in French in 1807, this is a replica of an 1851 English-language edition. Volume I begins with the preparations for the journey, the departure from Spain, and a landing on the Canary Islands, and goes on to describe a visit to the island of Tobago, the mountains of New Andalusia, the culture of the Chaymas Indians of Venezuela, a sighting of extraordinary meteors, and much more.

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