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Researches, concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America, with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras! Written in French by Alexander de Humboldt & translated into English by Helen Maria Williams ...
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
- Standardized Title:
- Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Mountains--Mexico.
- Mountains.
- Mexico.
- Mountains--Peru.
- Peru.
- Indigenous peoples--Antiquities.
- Indigenous peoples.
- Indians--Antiquities.
- Mexico--Antiquities.
- Antiquities.
- Peru--Antiquities.
- Andes.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Cordilleras, Researches ... with ... views of ... the.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Longman, etc., Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, J. Murray & H. Colburn, 1814.
- Notes:
- Engraved t-p.
- "Translation of "Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique," which forms "1. ptie. 2, section" of "Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland."
- Indexes (v. 2, p. [257]-324) refer to the volumes as "volumes XIII and XIV"; signatures and plates also refer to vol. XIII and XIV, indicating that the "Researches" bore those volume numbers in a series of translations of Humboldt's works issued by Longmans.
- Local Notes:
- Imperfect: vol. 1 wanting.
- Cited in:
- Sabin 33751
- OCLC:
- 4912741
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