Views of nature / Alexander von Humboldt ; translated by Mark W. Person ; edited by Stephen T. Jackson and Laura Dassow Walls.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014Description: viii, 313 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 022642247X (paperback)
- 9780226422473 (paperback)
- Ansichten der Natur. English
- 508 HUM 23 012201
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Book | Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore | 508 HUM 012201 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 012201 |
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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