Views of nature
Subtitle: or, Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation, with scientific illustrations
By: 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.; Harrison & Sons, Printers.
Series: Bohn's scientific library
Publisher: H.G. Bohn
Published: 1850
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ger
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 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.