PUBLICATION OF EESULTS OF EXPEDITION TO AMEEICA. 17 



1804, par A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland,' and is composed 

 of six parts, each complete in itself, which were published 

 without reference to the order in which they are numbered. 



The first part, ' Voyage aux Regions equinoxiales du Nouveau 

 Continent,' written entirely by Humboldt, contains : 1. 'Re- 

 lation historique,' which was intended to occupy four volumes, 

 of which three only appeared, and were published in quarto, 

 between the years 1814 and 1819 ; the description of the 

 journey is carried up to April 1801, the period when the tra- 

 vellers had reached Peru. 2. ' Vues des Cordilleres et Monu- 

 ments des Peuples indigenes de 1'Amerique, Atlas pittoresque 

 du Voyage' (1810, one volume in folio, with 60 plates). 

 3. 'Atlas geographique et physique du Nouveau Continent' 

 (1814-1819, 39 maps in folio). 4. 'Examen critique de 

 1'Histoire de la Geographic du Nouveau Continent et des 

 Progres de 1' Astronomic nautique aux XV e et XVI e siecles' 

 (1814-1834,^6" volume^ in folio). 



The second part contains : ' Recueil d'Observations de Zoo- 

 logie et d'Anatomie comparee, faites dans 1'Ocean Atlantique, 

 dans 1'Interieur du Nouveau Continent et dans la Mer du 

 Sud pendant les annees 1799-1804' (Paris, 1805-1832, two 

 volumes quarto). In this section Humboldt had the valued 

 co-operation of Cuvier, while Latreille assisted him in the de- 

 scription of the insects, and Valenciennes lent his aid in the 

 classification of the fish and shells. Some treatises on reptiles 

 were the joint work of Humboldt and Bonpland. 



The third part, written entirely by Humboldt, consists of 

 the ' Essai politique sur le Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne. 

 Ouvrage qui presente des recherches sur la geographic du 

 Mexique, sur 1'etendue de la surface et sa division politique en 

 intendances, sur 1'aspect physique du sol, sur la population 

 actuelle, 1'etat d'agriculture, de 1'industrie manufacturiere et du 

 commerce; sur les canaux qui pourraient reunir la Mer des 

 Antilles au grand Ocean ; sur les revenues de la couronne, la 

 quantite des metaux qui a reflue du Mexique en Europe et en 

 Asie depuis la decouverte du Nouveau Continent, et sur la 

 defense militaire de la Nouvelle-Espagne ' (two volumes 

 with Atlas, Paris, 1811, quarto ; one volume with twenty-nine 



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