Author: Alexander von HumboldtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander de Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland
Author: Alexander von HumboldtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804 by Alexander de Humboldt and Aime Bonpland
Author: Alexander von HumboldtPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781343279162
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804
Author: Alexander von HumboldtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
The Narrative of the Beagle Voyage, 1831-1836 Vol 1
Author: Katharine AndersonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040241042
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 367
Book Description
HMS Beagle has entered the collective imagination as the ship that carried Charles Darwin to the Galapagos, triggering his later work on the theory of natural selection. This book presents the accounts of the two Beagle voyages, written by the ships' captains Robert Fitzroy and Phillip Parker King.
First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art
Author: National Art Library (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1046
Book Description
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804
Author: Alexander von HumboldtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name ..."--Hill.
Technologies of the Picturesque
Author: Ron BroglioPublisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780838757000
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
With considerable learning and insight, Broglio reveals how artists are both complicit with such objectification of nature, and at other moments work toward a more vivid connection to the environment."--BOOK JACKET.
The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art Compiled for the Use of the National Art Library and the Schools of Art in the United Kingdom by Order of the Lords of the Committee of Council on Education
Author: Great Britain. Department of Science and ArtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Personal Narrative Of Travels To The Equinoctial Regions Of The New Continent During The Years 1799-1804 By Alexander De Humboldt And Aimé Bonpland
Author: Alexander Von HumboldtPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017817836
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Romanticism and Science, 1773-1833
Author: Tim FulfordPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415219563
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
