Views of nature, or, The sublime phenomena of creation : with scientific illustrations
First Statement of Responsibility
by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
London
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Henry G. Bohn
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1850
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxx, 452 p. : col. ill.
GENERAL NOTES
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NOTES PERTAINING TO RELATED TITLES
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Sublime phenomena of creation
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Science.
Physical geography.
Plant morphology.
South America--Description and travel.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
PERSONAL NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Otte, E. C. (Elise C.)
Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884.
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