Views of nature: or Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation / with scientific illustrations
Transcriber’s Note:
The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
BAXTERS PATENT OIL COLOR PRINTING XI, NORTHAMPTON SQUARE CHIMBORAZO
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN
BY E. C. OTTÉ, AND HENRY G. BOHN.
WITH A FRONTISPIECE FROM A SKETCH BY THE AUTHOR, A FAC-SIMILE OF HIS HAND-WRITING, AND A COMPREHENSIVE INDEX.
LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1850.
PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS,
LONDON GAZETTE OFFICE, ST. MARTIN’s LANE.
Alexander von Humboldt
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PREFACE BY THE PUBLISHER.
CONTENTS
SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
ON STEPPES AND DESERTS.
ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
THE PARROT OF ATURES.
ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
HYPSOMETRIC ADDENDA.
ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
EXPLANATORY ADDITIONS.
VITAL FORCE, OR THE RHODIAN GENIUS.
ILLUSTRATION AND NOTE.
ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
INDEX.
