Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804, by A. de Humboldt and A. Bonpland; with ... translated into English by H. M. Williams. - Couverture souple

Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1241417830 ISBN 13 : 9781241417833

Editeur : British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011

Synopsis

Title: Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804, by A. de Humboldt and A. Bonpland; with maps, plans ... written in French by A. de H., and translated into English by H. M. Williams.

Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions

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British Library
Humboldt, Friedrich Heinrich Alexander;
1814-29.
7 vol.; 8°.
1050.k.8-11

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 Aimé 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: British Library, Historical Print Editions
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1241417830
• ISBN 13: 9781241417833
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 600
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible