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Alone in Mexico : the astonishing travels of Karl Heller, 1845-1848 / by Karl Bartolomeus Heller ; translated and edited by Terry Rugeley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880.
- Standardized Title:
- Reisen in Mexiko in den jahren 1845-1848. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mexico--Description and travel.
- Mexico.
- Mexico--History--1821-1861.
- Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880--Travel--Mexico.
- Heller, Karl B.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (298 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume is the first-ever English translation of the memoirs of Karl Heller, a twenty-year-old aspiring Austrian botanist who traveled to Mexico in 1845 to collect specimens. He passed through the Caribbean, lived for a time in the mountains of Veracruz, and journeyed to Mexico City through the cities of Puebla and Cholula. After a brief residence in the capital, Heller moved westward to examine the volcanoes and silver mines near Toluca. When the United States invaded Mexico in 1846-47 conditions became chaotic, and the enterprising botanist was forced to flee to Yucatán.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; FIRST PART: TRAVELS IN VERACRUZ, PUEBLA, AND MEXICO; SECOND PART: TRAVELS IN YUCATÁN, TABASCO, AND CHIAPAS; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-268) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8033-7
- OCLC:
- 648357136
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