{"product_id":"the-travels-and-researches-of-alexander-von-humboldt-being-a-condensed-narrative-of-his-journeys-in-the-equinoctial-regions-of-america-and-in-asiatic-russia-together-with-analyses-of-his-more-important-investigations-paperback-9781108004626","title":"The Travels and Researches of Alexander von Humboldt; Being a Condensed Narrative of his Journeys in the Equinoctial Regions of America, and in Asiatic Russia; Together with Analyses of his More Important Investigatio… (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108004626","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Travels and Researches of Alexander von Humboldt\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBeing a Condensed Narrative of his Journeys in the Equinoctial Regions of America, and in Asiatic Russia; Together with Analyses of his More Important Investigations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn abridged English version of naturalist Alexander von Humboldt's  account of his famous explorations of Central and South America.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam MacGillivray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108004626, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 September 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.55 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\"\u003eIn 1832, William MacGillivray published this abridged version of the explorer and naturalist Alexander von Humboldt's Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799–1804, which had appeared in a seven-volume English translation between 1814 and 1829. MacGillivray's edition, intended for the general public, also includes Humboldt's accounts of his explorations of the Ural Mountains and Caspian Sea. Humboldt became a major figure in physical geography as a result of his arduous five-year trip to explore Central and South America. This book offers a brief biographical sketch of the scientist and covers his exciting journeys from the Island of Tenerife across the Atlantic Ocean to Caracas, and up the Orinoco River by canoe. Humboldt fights mosquitoes in dense rain forests and climbs Andean peaks in Peru without mountain gear, taking detailed notes at every stage.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Voyage from Corunna to Tenerife\u003cbr\u003e 3. Island of Tenerife\u003cbr\u003e 4. Passage from Tenerife to Cumana\u003cbr\u003e 5. Cumana\u003cbr\u003e 6. Residence at Cumana\u003cbr\u003e 7. Missions of the Chaymas\u003cbr\u003e 8. Excursion continued, and return to Cumana\u003cbr\u003e 9. Indians of New Andalusia\u003cbr\u003e 10. Residence at Cumana\u003cbr\u003e 11. Voyage from Cumana to Guayra\u003cbr\u003e 12. City of Caraccas and surrounding district\u003cbr\u003e 13. Earthquakes of Caraccas\u003cbr\u003e 14. Journey from Craccas to the lake of Valencia\u003cbr\u003e 15. Journey across the Llanos, from Aragua to San Fernando\u003cbr\u003e 16.  Voyage down the Rio Apure\u003cbr\u003e 17. Voyage up the Orinoco\u003cbr\u003e 18. Voyage up the Orinoco continued\u003cbr\u003e 19. Route from Esmerelda to Angostura\u003cbr\u003e 20. Journey across the Llanos to New Barcelona\u003cbr\u003e 21. Passage to Havanna, and residence in Cuba\u003cbr\u003e 22. Voyage from Cuba to Carthagena\u003cbr\u003e 23. Brief account of the journey from Carthagena to Quito and Mexico\u003cbr\u003e 24. Description of New Spain or Mexico\u003cbr\u003e 25. Statistical account of New Spain continued\u003cbr\u003e 26. Mines of New Spain\u003cbr\u003e 27. Passage from Vera Cruz to Cuba and Philadelphia, and voyage to Europe\u003cbr\u003e 28. 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