TY  - BOOK
AU  - Humboldt,Alexander von
AU  - Jackson,Stephen T.
AU  - Walls,Laura Dassow
AU  - Person,Mark W.
TI  - Views of nature
SN  - 022642247X (paperback)
U1  - 508 HUM 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago Press
KW  - Science
KW  - Physical geography
KW  - Natural history
KW  - Plant morphology
KW  - South America
KW  - Geography
N1  - Includes index; 1. Concerning the steppes and deserts (Annotations and additions) --
2. Concerning the waterfalls of the Orinoco near Atures and Maypures (Annotations and additions) --
3. The nocturnal wildlife of the primeval forest (Annotations and additions) --
4. Hypsometric addenda --
5. Ideas for a physiognomy of plants (Annotations and additions) --
6. Concerning the structure and action of volcanoes in various regions of the Earth (Annotations and additions) --
7. The life force, or the Rhodian genius (Commentary and addendum) --
8. The plateau of Cajamarca, the old residential city of the Inca Atahualpa; first sight of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes chain (Annotations and additions)
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