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Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804, v.5. by Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland

Title
Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804, v.5. by Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland

Alternative Title: Humboldt Personal narrative, v.5

Alternative Title: Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau continent. English, v.5

Alternative Title: Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau continent. English
Creator / Contributor
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Place of Origin
England
London
Publisher
Printed by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row
J. Murray, Albermarle Street
H. Colburn, Conduit Street.
London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown ... ; J. Murray ... ; and H. Colburn, 1814-1829
Date
1814-1829
Description
Extent: 7 v. : ill., maps (some fold.) ; 22 cm.
print
Subjects
Abstract
Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name..." - Hill.
Genre
Maps
Tables (Data)
Elevations (Orthographic projections)
Notes
Attribution: written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, and translated into English by Helen Maria Williams.
Series
Dumbarton Oaks Digitization Project. Pre-Columbian Studies. Rare books
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Harvard University
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

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