In 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.

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Product details
- Date Published: September 2009
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781108004626
- length: 432 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.55kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Voyage from Corunna to Tenerife
3. Island of Tenerife
4. Passage from Tenerife to Cumana
5. Cumana
6. Residence at Cumana
7. Missions of the Chaymas
8. Excursion continued, and return to Cumana
9. Indians of New Andalusia
10. Residence at Cumana
11. Voyage from Cumana to Guayra
12. City of Caraccas and surrounding district
13. Earthquakes of Caraccas
14. Journey from Craccas to the lake of Valencia
15. Journey across the Llanos, from Aragua to San Fernando
16. Voyage down the Rio Apure
17. Voyage up the Orinoco
18. Voyage up the Orinoco continued
19. Route from Esmerelda to Angostura
20. Journey across the Llanos to New Barcelona
21. Passage to Havanna, and residence in Cuba
22. Voyage from Cuba to Carthagena
23. Brief account of the journey from Carthagena to Quito and Mexico
24. Description of New Spain or Mexico
25. Statistical account of New Spain continued
26. Mines of New Spain
27. Passage from Vera Cruz to Cuba and Philadelphia, and voyage to Europe
28. Journey to Asia.
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Author
William MacGillivray