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, 1807-1879
Publisher: Lea and Blanchard
Published: 1850
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Subjects: Science; Physical geography; Description and travel; Plant morphology
Notes: First American edition of Mrs. Sabine's translation (first published in London, 1849) of Ansichten der Natur, Stuttgart and Tübingen, 1808; cf. Alexander von Humboldt, bibliographische Übersicht, by Julius Löwenberg, no. 188.

Includes 16 l. of advistisements at end.

Microfiche. [Englewood, Colo.], NCR/Microcard Editions, 1973. 5 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm.
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 Andes.