Personal Narrative Of Travels To The Equinoctial Regions Of The New Continent

Author : Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland Pdf

Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name ..."--Hill.

Author : Alexander Von Humboldt
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 416 pages
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Release : 2019-02-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0469229004

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Voyage Aux Regions Équinoxiales Du Nouveau Continent, Tome Neuvième by Alexander Von Humboldt Pdf

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Author : Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 427 pages
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Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780140445534

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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent by Alexander von Humboldt Pdf

"Alexander von Humboldt visited the tropics of the New World between 1799 and 1804. On his return he wrote this book, a classic work of travel that is also one of the great products of Enlightenment natural science. In his lifetime, Humboldt was described as "next to Napoleon, the most famous man in Europe". An admirer of the French Revolution, a Neptunist, an anti-slavist, a lover of Rousseau and Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, and a close friend of Goethe (whom he resembled), he was also a profound influence upon Darwin and the course of Victorian science, as well as upon the proponents of new world independence." -- publisher description.

Author : Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
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Release : 1818
Category : Natural history
ISBN : UOM:39015074623821

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland Pdf

Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name ..."--Hill.

Author : Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
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Release : 1821
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland Pdf

Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name ..."--Hill.

Author : Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
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Release : 1815
Category : Natural history
ISBN : HARVARD:HXG1DY

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander de Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland by Alexander von Humboldt Pdf

Author : Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1829
Category : Natural history
ISBN : PRNC:32101076208220

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt Pdf

Author : Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 596 pages
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Release : 1822
Category : Natural history
ISBN : BML:37001100321921

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland Pdf

Author : Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
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Release : 1821
Category : Blacks
ISBN : UOM:39015074623805

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland Pdf

Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name ..."--Hill.

Author : Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
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Release : 1826
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BML:37001100321954

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent by Alexander von Humboldt Pdf

Author : Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011-06-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781108027953

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent by Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland Pdf

A seven-volume English translation, published 1814-1829, of a major work describing Humboldt's 1799-1805 scientific expedition to South America.

Author : Gerard Helferich
Publisher : Tantor eBooks
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781618030108

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Humboldt's Cosmos by Gerard Helferich Pdf

From 1799 to 1804, German naturalist and adventurer Alexander von Humboldt conducted the first extensive scientific exploration of Latin America. At the completion of his arduous 6,000-mile journey, he was feted by Thomas Jefferson, presented to Napoleon and, after the publication of his findings, hailed as the greatest scientific genius of his age. Humboldt’s Cosmos tells the story of this extraordinary man who was equal parts Einstein and Livingstone, and of the adventure that defined his life. Gerard Helferich vividly recounts Humboldt’s expedition through the Amazon, over the Andes, and across Mexico and Cuba, highlighting his paradigm-changing discoveries along the way. During the course of the expedition, Humboldt cataloged more than 60,000 plants, set an altitude record climbing the volcano Chimborazo, and introduced millions of Europeans and Americans to the great cultures of the Inca and the Aztecs. In the process, he also revolutionized geology and laid the groundwork for modern sciences such as climatology, oceanography, and geography. His contributions would profoundly influence future greats such as Charles Darwin and shape the course of science for centuries to come. Humboldt’s Cosmos is a dramatic tribute to one of history’s most audacious adventurers, who, as Stephen Jay Gould noted, "may well have been the world’s most famous and influential intellectual."

Author : Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1814
Category : Natural history
ISBN : UGA:32108001411720

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland Pdf

Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name ..."--Hill.

Author : Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226360683

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Essay on the Geography of Plants by Alexander von Humboldt,Aimé Bonpland Pdf

The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, and inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau, Poe, and Church. The chronicles of the expedition were published in Paris after Humboldt’s return, and first among them was the 1807 “Essay on the Geography of Plants.” Among the most cited writings in natural history, after the works of Darwin and Wallace, this work appears here for the first time in a complete English-language translation. Covering far more than its title implies, it represents the first articulation of an integrative “science of the earth, ” encompassing most of today’s environmental sciences. Ecologist Stephen T. Jackson introduces the treatise and explains its enduring significance two centuries after its publication.

Author : Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781101908075

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Selected Writings of Alexander von Humboldt by Alexander von Humboldt Pdf

A new hardcover selection of the best writings of the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world. Selected and introduced by Andrea Wulf. Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His life was packed with adventure and discovery, whether he was climbing volcanoes in the Andes, racing through anthrax-infected Siberia, or publishing groundbreaking bestsellers. Ahead of his time, he recognized nature as an interdependent whole and he saw before anyone else that humankind was on a path to destroy it. His visits to the Americas led him to argue that the indigenous peoples possessed ancient cultures with sophisticated languages, architecture, and art, and his expedition to Cuba prompted him to denounce slavery as “the greatest evil ever to have afflicted humanity.” To Humboldt, the melody of his prose was as important as its empirical content, and this selection from his most famous works—including Cosmos, Views of Nature, and Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, among others—allows us the pleasure of reading his own accounts of his daring explorations. Humboldt’s writings profoundly influenced naturalists and poets including Darwin, Thoreau, Muir, Goethe, Wordsworth, and Whitman. The Selected Writings is not only a tribute to Humboldt’s important role in environmental history and science, but also to his ability to fashion powerfully poetic narratives out of scientific observations.