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COSMOS
A SKETCH OR A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE
BY ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY E. C. OTTE
Naturae vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fides caret, si quis modo partes ejus ac non totam complectatur animo. — Plin., 'Hist. Nat.', lib. vii, c. 1.
VOLUME I
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICOLAAS A. RUPKE
THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Baltimore and London
[page vi and Introduction to the 1997 edition not copied]