Personal Narrative of Travels - Volume 7 : During the Years 1799–1804
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1108027997
ISBN-13
9781108027991
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
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GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 2nd, 2011
Print length
492 Pages
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630 grams
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21.60 x 13.90 x 3.20 cms
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The naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) travelled to South America in 1799. Five years of research there resulted in numerous publications. This seven-volume English translation of his Relation historique du voyage (1814–25) appeared between 1814 and 1829. Volume 7 (1829) focuses on Cuba and Colombia.
The 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 (1814–25), consists of seven volumes and was published in London between 1814 and 1829. Volume 7 (1829) focuses mainly on the geography of Cuba, its slave population and sugar production, and ends with Humboldt's experiences in Colombia.
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