COSMOS: 



SKETCH 



OF A 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OP THE UNIVERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



VOL. I. 



Katora vero rerwm vis atque majestas in omnibus momentisfide caret, si quis modoparta gut 

 ac non totam complectatur animo. PLIN. H. N. lib. vii. c. 1. 



TRANSLATED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF 



LIEUT.-COL. EDWARD SABINE, R.A., FOR. SEC. R.S. 



IStrttion. 



LONDON: 



PRINTED FOB 



LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, 



PATERNOSTEE ROW : AND 



JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 

 1849. 



