Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent 1

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent

Alexander Von Humboldt • Aimé Bonpland • Alexander Von Humboldt • Aime Bonpland

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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 4 (1819) describes an earthquake in Caracas (which Humboldt links to the volcanoes of the West Indies), and mountains, plains, hot springs and river systems observed as the expedition travelled onwards.

Författare: Alexander Von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland, Alexander Von Humboldt, Aime Bonpland
Format: Trade paperback
ISBN: 9781108027960
Språk: Engelska
Utgivningsdatum: 2011-06-02
Översättare: Helen Maria Williams
Förlag: Cambridge University Press