Views of nature, or, Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation
Subtitle: with scientific illustrations
By: by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn ; with a frontispiece from a sketch by the author, a fac-simile of his handwriting, and a comprehensive index.
Contributors: Otté, E. C.; Bohn, Henry George, 1796-1884.
Series: Bohn's scientific library
Publisher: H.G. Bohn
Published: 1850
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 452
Subjects: Science.; Natural history.; Physical geography.
Other titles: Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation.
Work titles: Ansichten der Natur.
Table of contents: title: Steppes and deserts; title: Cataracts of the Orinoco; title: Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forests; 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.