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Views of nature : or contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation ; with scientific illustrations
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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 Henry G. Bohn.
Published
London : Henry G. Bohn, 1850.
Physical Description
xxx, 452, 7, [1], 32 p. incl. col. front. : facsim. ; 19 cm.
Notes
Includes index and publisher's catalog.
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English
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June 01, 2002
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Steppes and deserts.
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 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.
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