Views of nature: or, Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation
By: with scientific illustrations. By Alexander von Humboldt. Tr. from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn ...
Contributors: Otté, E. C.; Bohn, Henry George, 1796-1884.
Series: Bohns scientific library; Bohn's scientific library
Publisher: G. Bell
Published: 1884
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Science.; Physical geography.; Plant morphology.; South America -- Description and travel.
Table of contents: title: Steppes and deserts.; title: Cataracts of the Orinoco.; title: Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest.; title: Ideas for a physiognomy of plants.; title: On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the earth.; title: Vital force, or The Rhodian genius.; title: The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes.