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Klappentext Humboldt vividly describes the geography and culture of Latin America in this 1810 travelogue! published in English translation in 1814. Zusammenfassung Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was a respected scientist whose meticulous approach to scientific observation greatly influenced later research. This two volume work, published in French in 1810 and in English translation in 1814, vividly describes his travels in Latin America and the landscapes and indigenous cultures he encountered there. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Picturesque atlas of travels to the equinoctial regions of the new continent; 2. Monuments of America, and picturesque views of the Cordilleras; 3. Statue of an Azteck priestess; 4. View of the great square of Mexico; 5. Natural bridges of Icononzo; 6. Passage of Quindiu, in the Cordillera of the Andes; 7. Fall of the Tequendama; 8. Pyramid of Cholula; 9. Detached mass of the pyramid of Cholula; 10. Monument of Xochicalco; 11. Volcano of Cotopaxi; 12. Mexican monument in relief, found at Oaxaca; 13. Genealogy of the princes of Azcapozalco; 14. An Azteck hieroglyphical manuscript preserved in the library of the Vatican; 15. Azteck hieroglyphics from the manuscript of Veletri; 16. View of Chimborazo and Carguairazo; 17. Peruvian monument at Cannar; 18. Rock of Inti-guaicu; 19. Ynga-Chungana, near Cannar; 20. Interior of the house of the Inca at Cannar; 21. Azteck bas-relief, found in the great square of Mexico; 22. Basaltic rocks and cascade of Regla; 23. Relief in basalt, representing the Mexican calendar; 24. Correspondence of English weights and measures with those used in France.
