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RESEARCHES, CONCERNING THE INSTITUTIONS AND MONUMENTS OF THE ANCIENT INHABITANTS OF AMERICA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND VIEWS OF SOME OF THE MOST STRIKING SCENES IN THE CORDILLERAS!
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Alexander von Humboldt, Helen Maria Williams (Trans) |
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Paperback |
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| ISBN 10: |
1108027903 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108027908 |
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| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
2 June, 2011 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies |
| Pages: |
438 |
| Translated from: |
French |
| Description: |
Humboldt vividly describes the geography and culture of Latin America in this 1810 travelogue, published in English translation in 1814. |
| Synopsis: |
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an internationally respected scientist and explorer whose meticulous approach to scientific observation greatly influenced later research. He travelled the world, once staying at the White House as a guest of Thomas Jefferson, and is commemorated in the many species and places which bear his name. This two volume work, published in French in 1810 as Vue des Cordilleres, and in this English translation in 1814, was one of the many publications that resulted from Humboldt's expedition to Latin America in 1799-1804. It describes geographical features such as volcanoes and waterfalls, and aspects of the indigenous cultures including architecture, sculpture, art, languages and writing systems, religions, costumes and artefacts. This approachable, closely observed travelogue vividly recounts a huge variety of impressions and experiences, and reveals Humboldt's boundless curiosity as well as his scientific and cultural knowledge. |
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9 b/w illus. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
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