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INDEX. 



MAC 



MACLEAN, fellow student of Hum- 

 boldt at School of Commerce, 

 Hamburg, i. 97, at Danzig, 361 

 Madrid, visit to, 242, height of, 244 

 Magdalena, Rio, Humboldt's route up 



the, i. 297 



Magnetism of the earth, Humboldt's 

 observations upon the, i. 356, ii. 147, 

 197 

 Mahlmann, Dr., appointed director of 



the Meteorological Office, ii. 276 

 Mala, determination of the position of, 



i. 325 

 Malaspina, his imprisonment, i. 255, 



259, and note 



Malesherbes, his death, i. 232 

 Malte-Brun, his praises of Humboldt's 

 ' Aspects of Nature,' i. 357. Hum- 

 boldt's letters to him, ii. 50, 51. 

 Humboldt's endeavours to obtain a 

 just appreciation of, 63 

 Manzoni, declines the Order of Merit, 



ii. 289 



Maps, Juan de la Cosa's, ii. 216. 

 Humboldt's proposed works respect- 

 ing, 216 



Maret, French Secretary of State, i. 362 

 Marheincke, ii. 91 

 Mariare, hot springs of, i. 273 

 Marie Amelie, Queen of the French, 



ii. 168 

 Mariquita, Humboldt's visit to the 



mines of, i. 298 

 Marseilles, A. von Humboldt at, i. 238, 



239 



Martha, Santa, Cordilleras near, i. 271 

 Martin, M., Humboldt's letter to, ii. 12 

 Massmann, as a philologist, ii. 91. 

 Humboldt's intercession with the 

 King for, 247, 248 

 Mastodon bones at Campo de Gigantes, 



i. 300 



Mathematics uncongenial to a poetic 

 mind, i. 1 93. Valued by Goethe, 1 93 

 Mathia, his Greek scholarship, i. 74 

 Maypures, mosquitoes of, i. 285 

 Mecklenburg, Princess Helena of, 

 Humboldt's letter respecting her, ii. 

 166-169. See HELENA 

 Meerfeldt, Count von, at the University 



of Gottingen, i. 70 



Mendelssohn - Bartholdy, Humboldt's 

 magnetic hut in the garden of, ii. 147 

 Mendelssohn, Felix, a distinction be- 

 stowed on, ii. 246. His position 

 secured, 272 



Mendelssohn, Henriette, a disciple of 

 Lessing and Kant, i. 40. Entrusted 

 with the education of the Diichesse 

 de Praslin, 40 



MUL 



Mendelssohn, Joseph, a fellow-pupil 

 with the Von Humboldts, i. 21, 41 



Mendelssohn, Moses, interest he takes 

 in the instruction of the brothers 

 Von Humboldt, i. 22, 23. His two 

 daughters, 40 



Mendelssohn, Nathan, a fellow-pupil 

 with the Von Humboldts, i. 41. His 

 scientific and mathematical instru- 

 ments, 356. An interesting man, 358 



Menschenin, Von, i. 375, note. Sent by 

 the Russian government to accom- 

 pany Humboldt, 375, note 



Mercury, transit of, i. 325 



Meridian line, the French, i. 231 



Mersch, General van der, made pri- 

 soner, i. 90 



Mescala, valley of, i. 328 



Meta, Rio, expedition of Solano to, i. 254 



Meteorological Office, establishment of 

 the, ii. 275 



Metherie, John Claude La, notice of 

 him, ii. 30 



Metternich, Count, afterwards Prince, 

 at Gottingen University, i. 70. His 

 acceptance of the Order of Merit, ii. 

 286. His letter of thanks to Hum- 

 boldt for a copy of ' Cosmos,' 335. 

 His envious glance over Humboldt's 

 career, 390 



Metzer of Embden, his death, i. 112 



Meulan, Mademoiselle Pauline de, mar- 

 ried to M. Guizot, ii. 43. Humboldt's 

 character of her, 43 



Mexico, city of, Humboldt at, i. 329, 

 330. Population of, 329. The ' Essai 

 politique sur le Royaume de la Nou- 

 velle-Espagne,' 330. Canal for drain- 

 ing Mexico, 330. Humboldt's refusal 

 to aid the negotiation of a treaty with 

 Austria and Russia, ii. 49. Advises 

 Mexico against a platinum coinage, 49 



Meyerbeer, Humboldt* in favour of be- 

 stowing a distinction on, ii. 246. His 

 mother, 247. Sends Humboldt ' the 

 traditional tea-cake,' 389 



Miask, gold-fields of, i. 379 



Millin, editor of the ' Magazin encyclo- 

 pedique,' i. 230 



Milne-Edwards, Henri, notice of him, 

 ii. 36. His works, and friendship 

 with Humboldt, 36 



Mitscherlich, his chemistry, ii. 92 

 Moctezuma, river, i. 330 

 Moll, Von, letter to, i. 247 

 Mollhausen, Humboldt wrote introduc- 

 tion to his travels, ii. 374. His first 

 child, 402, An appointment in the 

 royal library at Potsdam obtained 

 for him by Humboldt, 403 



