INDEX. 



421 



CAB 



/^lABELLO, Puerto,visit to the magni- 



\J ficent harbour, i. 273 



Caldas, at Popayan, his assiduity, i. 332 



Calderon do la Barca, Madame, i. 333 



Cambridge, Duke of, his friendship for 

 Humboldt, ii. 204 



Canape, tutor to the young Von Hum- 

 boldts, i. 15. Joins Basedow at 

 Dessau, 15, 16. William von Hum- 

 boldt's account of him, 15. Accom- 

 panied by William von Humboldt 

 to Paris, 16. Characteristics of his 

 mind, 16. A. von Humboldt's letter 

 respecting him, 17, note. George 

 Forster's remark about him, 17. Ac- 

 companies William von Humboldt to 

 Paris, i. 80. Humboldt mentions 

 him to Guizot, ii. 42 



Canary, Grand, island of, i. 261 



Cancrin, Count, his letter to Humboldt, 

 i. 377. The benevolent minister of 

 an enlightened despotism, ii. 149. 

 His correspondence with Humboldt, 

 149, 151. His aversion to Prussia, 

 153. Humboldt's respect and friend- 

 ship for, 171. Sends Humboldt the 

 results obtained by other explorers 

 in Asia, 214 



Candolle, De, the elder, i. 345 



Cannibalism, i. 286 



Canning, Humboldt visits, ii. 101, 

 Humboldt speaks in favour of, ii. 104 



Caracas, fertility and luxuriance of, i. 

 263. Humboldt at, 272. Destroyed 

 by an earthquake, 272 ; ii. 67. Hum- 

 boldt climbs the Silla de Caracas, i. 

 272 



Cargueros, i. 302 



Cariaco, Gulf of, i. 273 



Caribs on the Orinoco, i. 280 



Carib language, i. 321 



Cartagena, Humboldt's visit to,i.293,295 



Cartago, i. 302 



Cams, Humboldt's letter to, on the 

 character of Frederick William IV., 

 ii. 257 



Cascas, Humboldt at, i. 325 



Caspian Sea, early associations with the, 

 i. 28. Humboldt's visit to the, 379 



Catalonia, industry of people of, i. 241 



Cauca, Valley of the, i. 302 



Cavallitos, i. 302 



Cavanilles, his kindness to Humboldt, 

 i. 246. Letter to, 332 



Cavendish, Henry, the eminent philoso- 

 pher, ii. 68. Humboldt visits his 

 library, 68. Alludes to his acquaint- 

 ance, 369. 



Cavour, Count, his letter to Humboldt, 

 ii. 390 



COL 



Caxamarca, Humboldt at, i. 324. 

 The capital of the Inca Atahualpa, 

 324. Bloody scenes of Spanish con- 

 quest in, 324 



Centralisation of Prussia, ii. 245 



Chameleon, Humboldt's, ii. 380 



Chamisso, his works, ii. 83 



Champollion, friendship of the two 

 brothers with Humboldt, ii. 54. Lec- 

 tures on philology, 178 



Chaptal at Montpellier, i. 240 



Charlotte, the Empress, accompanied by 

 Humboldt, ii. 159 



Charpentier, his lectiires, i. 110 



Chateaubriand, Humboldt at his house, 

 ii. 179 



Chemistry, Lavoisier's investigations in, 

 i. 234 



Chilpanzingo, high plain of, i. 329 



Chimborazo, minerals from, i. 300. 

 Ascent of, 306, 311. Height of, 315, 

 note. Treatise ' Upon two Attempts 

 to ascend the Summit of,' ii. 224. 

 Humboldt's remark respecting, 379 



Chodswiecki, gives Humboldt instruc- 

 tion in etching and engraving, i. 26 



Choka, mountains and platinum mines 

 of, i. 302 



Cholula, Pyramid of, measurements of, 

 i. 334. The work oi^Totteken, 334 



Christian VIII., King of Denmark, 

 Humboldt's intervention on behalf of 

 Schumacher, ii. 226. His answer to 

 Humboldt, 227. Grants a sum of 

 money to Hansen for the completion 

 of his lunar tables, 281 



Chucungat, longitude of, i. 323 



Churruca,passage in the travels of,ii.204 



Cinchona of South America, i. 298. 

 Investigations upon, 323 



Cinnamon-plant of South America, i.299 



Clairault, his work, i. 233 



Claiss, Von, director of the salt-works 

 in Bavaria, his practical and theo- 

 retical knowledge, i. 129 



Clusener, Johann, becomes tutor to A. 

 von Humboldt, i. 1 8 



Cofre, ascent of, i. 335. Height of, 335 



Colomb, Maria Elizabeth von, Baron- 

 ess von Hollwede, marries Major 

 Alexander George Humboldt, i. 8. 

 Herchildren,William and Alexander, 

 8. Her landed property, 9. Her 

 education, 11. Her intentions, 11. 

 Her depressing illness, 15. Loses 

 her husband, Major von Humboldt, 

 30. Gives a pension to Professor 

 Kunth, 33. Her estate of Kingen- 

 walde, 216, 217 



Colomb, Johann Heinrich von, mar- 



