{"product_id":"personal-narrative-of-travels-to-the-equinoctial-regions-of-the-new-continent-during-the-years-1799-1804-paperback-9781108027946","title":"Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent; During the Years 1799–1804 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108027946","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePersonal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDuring the Years 1799–1804\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA seven-volume English translation, published 1814–1829, of a major work describing Humboldt's 1799–1805 scientific expedition to South America.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlexander von Humboldt (Author), Aimé Bonpland (Author), Helen Maria Williams (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108027946, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 June 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e310 pages, 1 map\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 1.8 x 14 cm, 0.4 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component of Humboldt's account, the Relation historique du voyage (1814–1825), consists of seven volumes and was published in London between 1814 and 1829. Volume 2 (1814) contains extensive physical observations of latitude, longitude, weather conditions and ocean temperature recorded during the voyage, and describes the expedition's arrival in Venezuela.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBook I: 3. Passage from Teneriffe to the coasts of South America. The Island of Tobago. Arrival at Cumana\u003cbr\u003e Book II: 4. First abode at Cumana. Banks of the Manzanares\u003cbr\u003e 5. Peninsula of Araya. Salt-marshes. Ruins of the castle of San Giacomo.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Historical geography [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Historical geography\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Historical%20geography%20%5BHBTP%5D%22\"\u003eHBTP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266014957848,"sku":"9781108027946","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108027946i_601a62d3-2f0a-4e78-9f28-3c3e6aeba4cf.jpg?v=1694873471","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/personal-narrative-of-travels-to-the-equinoctial-regions-of-the-new-continent-during-the-years-1799-1804-paperback-9781108027946","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}