Researches concerning the institutions & monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America : with descriptions & views of some of the most striking scenes in the Cordilleras!

Title Variants

Alternative: Cordilleras researches
Alternative: Humboldt's researches
Alternative: Researches concerning the institutions and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of America
Uniform: Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique

By

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

London, Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, J. Murray & H. Colburn, 1814

Notes

English translation by Helen Maria Williams of the author's orignal French: Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique (Paris, 1810-1813 ; representing partie I, section 2: of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent fait en 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt).

Engraved title pages.

Colophon: W. Pople, printer, London.

Indexes (v. 2, p. [257]-324) refer to the volumes as "volumes XIII and XIV"; signatures and plates also refer to vol. XIII and XIV, indicating that the "Researches" bore those volume numbers in a series of translations of Humboldt's works issued by Longmans.

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English translation by Helen Maria Williams of the author's orignal French: Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique (Paris, 1810-1813 ; representing partie I, section 2: of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent fait en 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt).

Indexes (v. 2, p. [257]-324) refer to the volumes as "volumes XIII and XIV"; signatures and plates also refer to vol. XIII and XIV, indicating that the "Researches" bore those volume numbers in a series of translations of Humboldt's works issued by Longmans.

Subjects

Andes , Antiquities , Description and travel , Indians of Mexico , Indians of South America , Mexico , Peru

BHL Collections

Blog Features

Call Number

F1219 .H91

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.61789
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/01020792
OCLC: 4912741