Aspects of nature in different lands and different climates; with scientific elucidations
By: By Alexander von Humboldt. Translated by Mrs. Sabine
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans & J. Murray
Published: 1849
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Science; Travel; Plant morphology; Physical geography; Botany
Notes: Copy 1 Vol. 2 Note: Longman's cat. (p. 32) at end of vol. ii.
Table of contents: title: I. Steppes and deserts. Cataracts of the Orinoco. Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest. Hypsometric addenda.; title: II. Physiognony of plants. On the structure and mode of action of volcanos, in different parts of the globe. The vital force, or The Rhodian genius. The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and the first view of the Pacific Ocean, from the crest of Andes.