120 SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS 



in the chemical and the meteorological depart- 

 ments, Arago and Gay-Lussac assisted ; the 

 zoological part of the work was enriched by 

 valuable contributions from Cuvier and La- 

 treille ; in the mineralogical department, Vau- 

 quelin and Klaproth afforded valuable assist- 

 ance ; in botany, Professor Kunth of Berlin 

 lent his aid. 



This great work is entitled, "Voyage aux 

 regions equinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, 

 par A. de Humboldt et A. Bonpland," of which 

 a folio and an octavo edition appeared ; besides 

 an " Atlas geographique et physique, " and a col- 

 lection of picturesque drawings. Four volumes 

 contain more especially a description of his 

 American travels : " Eelation historique." The 

 comprehensive nature of this colossal work may 

 be superficially estimated, considering that, in 

 spite of its commencement forty years ago, and 

 the assistance of a number of able and com- 

 petent men of science, its completion reaches 

 our own time. 



A survey of the whole work, irrespective of 

 the time in which the various parts appeared, 

 but rather in harmony with the order of the 

 date of the discovery of the original material, 

 furnishes us with the " Yue des Cordillieres et 

 Monuments des Peuples indigenes de TAme- 



