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Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates with scientific elucidations / by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated by Mrs. Sabine.
Gale Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology and Medicine, 1780-1925 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
- Series:
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.
- Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
- Standardized Title:
- Ansichten der Natur. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Physical geography.
- Plant morphology.
- South America--Description and travel.
- South America.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 v.).
- Other Title:
- Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates
- Place of Publication:
- London : J. Murray : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849 (Wilson and Ogilvy)
- Contents:
- 1. Steppes and deserts. Cataracts of the Orinoco. Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest. Hypsometric addenda
- 2. Physiognomy 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 the Andes.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Includes index.
- Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
- OCLC:
- 85790551
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