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Views of nature : or, Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation with scientific illustrations

Title: Views of nature : or, Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation with scientific illustrations / by Alexander von Humboldt ; translated from the German by E.C. Otté and H.G. Bohn.
Author: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
Publication: London : G. Bell & Sons, 1902.

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xxx, 452 pages : frontispiece (facsimile); 19 cm

Series Statement

Bohn's scientific library

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committed to retain

Contents

Steppes and deserts -- On the 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 volcanoes 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.

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ocm12843694
12843694
SCSB-190853

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Princeton University Library