Views of nature, or, The sublime phenomena of creation : with scientific illustrations
by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn.
London
Henry G. Bohn
1850
xxx, 452 p. : col. ill.
E.Book: 25146
Sublime phenomena of creation
Steppes and deserts.--Cataracts of the Orinoco.--Nocturnal life of animals in the primeval forests.--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.
Science.
Physical geography.
Plant morphology.
South America--Description and travel.
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Otte, E. C. (Elise C.)
Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Collection (Library of Congress)