Views of Nature
by Alexander von Humboldt
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About this eBook
- Author
- Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
- Title
- Views of nature: or Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation with scientific illustrations
- Original Publication
- United Kingdom: H.G. Bohn,1850.
- Credits
- Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Q: Science
- Subject
- Plant morphology
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 67684
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67684
- Release Date
- March 22, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.VIEWS OF NATURE: OR CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE SUBLIME PHENOMENA OF CREATION; WITH SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 2.PREFACE BY THE PUBLISHER.
- 3.AUTHOR’S PREFACE, TO THE FIRST EDITION.
- 4.AUTHOR’S PREFACE, TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS.
- 5.CONTENTS
- 6.SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
- 7.ON STEPPES AND DESERTS.
- 8.ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
- 9.ON THE CATARACTS OF THE ORINOCO, Near Atures and Maypures .
- 10.ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS. — THE PARROT OF ATURES.
- 11.THE NOCTURNAL LIFE OF ANIMALS IN THE PRIMEVAL FOREST.
- 12.ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
- 13.HYPSOMETRIC ADDENDA.
- 14.IDEAS FOR A PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS.
- 15.ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
- 16.ON THE STRUCTURE AND MODE OF ACTION OF VOLCANOS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EARTH.
- 17.EXPLANATORY ADDITIONS.
- 18.VITAL FORCE, OR THE RHODIAN GENIUS.
- 19.ILLUSTRATION AND NOTE.
- 20.THE PLATEAU, OR TABLE-LAND, OF CAXAMARCA, THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF THE INCA ATAHUALLPA, AND THE FIRST VIEW OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, From the Ridge of the Andes .
- 21.ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
- 22.INDEX.
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