Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent by Alexander Von Humboldt
The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769 1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aime Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component of Humboldt's account, the Relation historique du voyage (1814 1825), consists of seven volumes and was published in London between 1814 and 1829. Volume 2 (1814) contains extensive physical observations of latitude, longitude, weather conditions and ocean temperature recorded during the voyage, and describes the expedition's arrival in Venezuela.| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781108027946 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108027946 |
| Title | Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent |
| Author | Alexander Von Humboldt |
| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2011-06-02 |
| Number of pages | 310 |
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