Views of nature, or, Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation : with scientific illustrations

Title Variants

Alternative: Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation
Uniform: Ansichten der Natur

Related Titles

Series: Bohn's scientific library

By

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

Baxter, George, 1804-1867
Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884
Otté, E. C.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, H.G. Bohn, 1850

Notes

Includes advertisements on lining-papers.

Colour front. by G. Baxter.

Contents: On steppes and deserts.-- On the cataracts of the Orinoco.-- Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest.-- Ideas for a physiognomy of plants.-- On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the earth.-- Vital force, or The Rhodian genius.-- The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes.

Subjects

Description and travel , Physical geography , Plant anatomy , Science , South America

Call Number

vnh 1428 RBSC

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.155802
OCLC: 315449565