Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America with Descriptions and Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras!
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- Author: Alexander von Humboldt
- Translator: Helen Maria Williams
- Date Published: March 2011
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- isbn: 9781108027922
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Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) was an internationally respected scientist and explorer whose meticulous approach to scientific observation greatly influenced later research. He travelled the world, once staying at the White House as a guest of Thomas Jefferson, and is commemorated in the many species and places which bear his name. This two volume work, published in French in 1810 as Vue des Cordillères, and in this English translation in 1814, was one of the many publications that resulted from Humboldt's expedition to Latin America in 1799–1804. It describes geographical features such as volcanoes and waterfalls, and aspects of the indigenous cultures including architecture, sculpture, art, languages and writing systems, religions, costumes and artefacts. This approachable, closely observed travelogue vividly recounts a huge variety of impressions and experiences, and reveals Humboldt's boundless curiosity as well as his scientific and cultural knowledge.
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- Date Published: March 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108027922
- length: 787 pages
- dimensions: 250 x 322 x 70 mm
- weight: 1.4kg
- contains: 20 b/w illus.
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1:
1. Picturesque atlas of travels to the equinoctial regions of the new continent
2. Monuments of America, and picturesque views of the Cordilleras
3. Statue of an Azteck priestess
4. View of the great square of Mexico
5. Natural bridges of Icononzo
6. Passage of Quindiu, in the Cordillera of the Andes
7. Fall of the Tequendama
8. Pyramid of Cholula
9. Detached mass of the pyramid of Cholula
10. Monument of Xochicalco
11. Volcano of Cotopaxi
12. Mexican monument in relief, found at Oaxaca
13. Genealogy of the princes of Azcapozalco
14. An Azteck hieroglyphical manuscript preserved in the library of the Vatican
15. Azteck hieroglyphics from the manuscript of Veletri
16. View of Chimborazo and Carguairazo
17. Peruvian monument at Cannar
18. Rock of Inti-guaicu
19. Ynga-Chungana, near Cannar
20. Interior of the house of the Inca at Cannar
21. Azteck bas-relief, found in the great square of Mexico
22. Basaltic rocks and cascade of Regla
23. Relief in basalt, representing the Mexican calendar
24. Correspondence of English weights and measures with those used in France. Volume 2:
25. House of the Inca at Callo
26. Chimborazo seen from the Plain of Tapia
27. Epochas of nature, according to the Azteck mythology
28. Hieroglyphic painting, taken from the Borgian manuscript of Veletri, and signs of the days of the Mexican almanac
29. An Azteck hatchet
30. An Azteck idol of basaltic porphyry, found under the pavement of the great square at Mexico
31. Cataract of the Rio Vinagre, near the volcano of Purace
32. Postman of the province of Jaen de Bracamoros
33. Hieroglyphical history of the Aztecks, from the Deluge to the foundation of the city of Mexico
34. Bridge of Ropes near Penipé
35. Coffer of Perote
36. Mountain of Ilinissa
37. Fragments of Azteck hieroglyphics, deposited in the Royal Library of Berlin
38. Hieroglyphic paintings in the Borgian Museum, at Veletri
39. Migration of the Azteck nation, from a hieroglyphic painting deposited in the Royal Library at Berlin
40. Vases of granite found on the coast of Honduras
41. An Azteck idol, in basalt, found in the valley of Mexico
42. Air volcano of Turbaco
43. Volcano of Cayambe
44. Volcano of Jorullo
45. Calendar of the Muysca Indians, the ancient inhabitants of the Plain of Bogota
46. Fragment of a hieroglyphical manuscript preserved in the Royal Library
47. Hieroglyphic paintings taken from the Mexican manuscript, preserved in the Imperial Library at Vienna, Nos. 1, 2, and 3
Ruins of Miguitlan, or Mitla, in the province of Oaxaca
48. View of Corazon
49. Costumes of the Indians of Mechoacan
50. View of the interior of the crater of the Peak of Teneriffe
51. Fragments of hieroglyphic paintings, taken from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
52. Fragment of a Christian calendar, taken from the Azteck manuscripts, preserved in the Royal Library of Berlin
53. Hieroglyphic paintings from the Raccolta di Mendoza
54. Fragments of Azteck paintings, taken from a manuscript preserved in the library of the Vatican
55. Volcano of Pichincha
56. Plan of a fortified house of the Inca, situated on the Cordillera of Assuay, ruins of a part of the ancient Peruvian city of Chulucanas
57. Raft of the river of Guayaquil
58. Summit of the mountain of Organos, at Actopan
59. Mountains of columnar porhyry of Jacal
60. A head sculptured in hard stone by the Muysca Indians. Bracelet of obsidian
61. View of the lake of Guatavita
62. View of the Silla de Caracas
63. The dragon-tree of Orotava
64. Letter from Mr Visconti, member of the National Institute of France, to M. de Humboldt, on certain monuments of the American nations
Notes
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