Views of Nature
Or Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation
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This 1850 English translation presents engaging popular essays on geography and science, originally published 1808, in their third, 1849, edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Publisher's preface; Author's preface to the first edition; Author's preface to the second and third editions; Summary of contents; Steppes and deserts; Cataracts of the Orinoco; Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest; Ideas for a physiognomy of plants; On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the Earth; Vital force, or the Rhodian genius; The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes; Index.
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Views of Nature, Alexander von Humboldt
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2011
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2021 2022 2023
Navrhnout úpravu
- Titul
- Views of Nature
- Podtitul
- Or Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Vydavatel
- Cambridge University Press
- Rok vydání
- 2011
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 490
- ISBN13
- 9781108037358
- Kategorie
- Dějiny / Historie
- Anotace
- This 1850 English translation presents engaging popular essays on geography and science, originally published 1808, in their third, 1849, edition. Inhaltsverzeichnis Publisher's preface; Author's preface to the first edition; Author's preface to the second and third editions; Summary of contents; Steppes and deserts; Cataracts of the Orinoco; Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forest; Ideas for a physiognomy of plants; On the structure and mode of action of volcanos in different parts of the Earth; Vital force, or the Rhodian genius; The plateau of Caxamarca, the ancient capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and first view of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes; Index.