Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates; with scientific elucidations.
By: By Alexander von Humboldt. Translated by Mrs. Sabine.
Contributors: Sabine, Elizabeth Juliana (Leeves) Mrs., 1807-18
Publisher: Lea and Blanchard
Published: 1849
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Subjects: Scien; Physical geograp; Plant morpholo; South America -- Description and trav
Table of contents: title: Steppes and deserts.; title: Cataracts of the Orinoco.; title: Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest.; title: Hypsometric addenda.; title: Physiognomy of plants.; title: On the structure and mode of action of volcanos, in different parts of the globe.; title: The vital force; or, The Rhodian genius.; title: The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and the first view of the Pacific ocean, from he crest of the And