Aspects of nature, in different lands and different climates with scientific elucidations

Title Variants

Uniform: Ansichten der Natur

Related Titles

Series: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary, 17375-17382

By

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

Sabine, Elizabeth Juliana, 1807-1879

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, J. Murray, 1849

Edition

[3rd ed.]

Notes

Sabin | 33707

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.

Subjects

Description and travel , Physical geography , Plant morphology , South America

Call Number

Z1201 .S3 mf8-11 33707

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.45601