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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent - During the Years 1799-1804 (Paperback)
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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent - During the Years 1799-1804 (Paperback)
Series: Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent 7 Volume Set, Volume 1
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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 Aime 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 1 describes the beginning of the
expedition, its departure from Spain, experiments conducted on
board ship, and the scientists' arrival in the Canary Islands and
exploration of Tenerife.
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