<p>This volume contains carefully edited and abridged selections from Humboldt's early nineteenth-century masterpiece, "Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America During the Years 1799-1804," supplemented with excerpts from other writings of Humboldt that describe the remainder of his travels in South America, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States up to 1804.</p>

Stars, Mosquitoes and Crocodiles: The American Travels of Alexander Von Humboldt

Travel

Alexander Von Humboldt

Mexico

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Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: A Critical Edition (Alexander von Humboldt in English)

University of Chicago Press

Ensayo Politico Sobre el Reino de la Nueva-España, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Ensayo Politico Sobre el Reino de la Nueva-España, Vol. 1Mi isituiacion indiv¡dual me ofrecia todos Im medios convenientes para conseguir el fin que me habia propuesto. Es verdad que no podia sacar materiales de ninguna obra impresa; pero tuve mi disposicion un gran número de me morias manuscritas de que por efecto de una activa curiosidad hay cºpias esparcidas en las mas remotas partes de las' colonias e5pañolas.compa raba los resultados de mis propias investigacio nes con los datos que me ofrecían varios docu mentos oficiales que ya años antes había reunido. Una temporada muy util aunque corta que pasé el año de' 1804 en Filadelfia y en Was bington, me dió ocasion de hacer varios cotejos entre el estado actual de los Estados - Unidos y el del Perú y Mágico que habia visitado poco tiempo__bacía.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Asie Centrale, Vol. 1: Recherches sur les Chaines de Montagnes Et la Climatologie ComparéeParmi les recherches que l'on pourrait ap peler de Géologie comparée, j'ose signaler particulièrement une première détermination numérique de la hauteur moyenne des con tinents, c'est - à - dire de la hauteur du centre de gravité du volume des terres qui s'élèvent actuellement au-dessus du niveau de l'océan. Cet examen des hauteurs et de la surface du terrain qu'occupent les chaînes de montagnes et les plaines, semble nous révéler les régions de notre planète dans lesquelles les forces qui résident et se développent au sein de la terre, ont agi le plus puissamment pour soulever la croûte extérieure (i, p. 93 et Il a été lié par l'immortel auteur de la Mécanique cê leste 'a des considérations sur la profondeur moyenne des mers, liaison qui, selon Platar que, avait été vaguement entrevue par les physiciens d'alexandrie. Ces physiciens ad meteient que les points culminants des con tinents ne devraient pas excéder en hauteur la profondeur des plus grands abîmes dans le bassin de l'océan.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Asie Centrale, Vol. 1: Recherches sur les Chaines de Montagnes Et la Climatologie Comparée (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Tableaux de la NatureJe corrige la deuxième feuille de la troisième édition des Tableaux de la nature, où il y aura des additions et des notes entièrement neuves, adaptées aux connaissances modernes. Peut - etre M. Galuski pourrait - il un jour se charger d'une nouvelle traduction entière.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Tableaux de la Nature (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)

Kosmos, Vol. 1: Entwurf Einer Physischen Weltbeschreibung (Classic Reprint)

Reference

Alexander von Humboldts Kosmos, Vol. 2: Entwurf Einer Physischen Weltbeschreibung, mit Einer Biographischen Einleitung (Classic Reprint)

Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain (A Borzoi book on Latin America)

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<p>Excerpt from Aspects of Nature, Vol. 1 of 2: In Different Lands and Different Climates; With Scientific ElucidationsNevertheless, notwithstanding faults which I can more easily perceive than amend, I venture to hope that these descriptions of the varied Aspects which Nature assumes in distant lands, may impart to the reader a portion of that enjoyment which is derived from their immediate contem plation by a mind susceptible of such impressions. As this enjoyment is enhanced by insight into the more hidden connection of the different powers and forces of nature, I have subjoined to each treatise scientific elucidations and additions.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.</p>

Aspects of Nature, Vol. 1 of 2: In Different Lands and Different Climates; With Scientific Elucidations (Classic Reprint)

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Stars, Mosquitoes and Crocodiles: The American Travels of Alexander Von Humboldt

Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: A Critical Edition (Alexander von Humboldt in English)

Ensayo Politico Sobre el Reino de la Nueva-España, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Asie Centrale, Vol. 1: Recherches sur les Chaines de Montagnes Et la Climatologie Comparée (Classic Reprint)

Tableaux de la Nature (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)

Kosmos, Vol. 1: Entwurf Einer Physischen Weltbeschreibung (Classic Reprint)

Ensayo Politico Sobre el Reino de la Nueva-España, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Alexander von Humboldts Kosmos, Vol. 2: Entwurf Einer Physischen Weltbeschreibung, mit Einer Biographischen Einleitung (Classic Reprint)

Political essay on the kingdom of New Spain (A Borzoi book on Latin America)

Aspects of Nature, Vol. 1 of 2: In Different Lands and Different Climates; With Scientific Elucidations (Classic Reprint)