Sir Sobit X ubbocL's Ibnn&re b Boohs 
PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF TRAVELS 
TO THE 
EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS 
OF AMERICA 
DURING THE YEARS 1799-1804. 
BY 
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT and AIME BONPLAND 
WRITTEN IN FRENCH BY 
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT 
TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY THOMASINA ROSS 
IN THREE VOLUMES 
VOL. I. 
Bibliotheek • Naturalis 
Leiden 
bonbon anb ^en> ffork 
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS 
LIMITED 
