Essay on the geography of plants
By: Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland ; edited with an introduction by Stephen T. Jackson ; translated by Sylvie Romanowski.
Contributors: Bonpland, Aimé, 1773-1858.; Jackson, Stephen T., 1955-; Romanowski, Sylvie.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780226360669
Subjects: Phytogeography; Plant ecology; Physical geography
Work titles: Essai sur la géographie des plantes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Essay on the geography of plants / Alexander von Humboldt; translated by Sylvie Romanowski; title: Text of Humboldt's Tableau physique / translated by Sylvie Romanowski; title: Humboldt's pictorial science: an analysis of the Tableau physique des Andes et Pays voisins / Sylvie Romanowski; title: Plant species cited in Humboldt's Essay and Tableau physique / Stephen T. Jackson; title: Instruments utilized in developing the Tableau physique / Stephen T. Jackson; title: Biographical sketches / Stephen T. Jackson; title: Bibliographical essay and bibliography / Stephen T. Jackson.