Physicalische Beschreibung der Canarischen Inseln (German, Paperback)

The German geologist Leopold von Buch (1774 1853) was a fellow-student of Alexander von Humboldt, with whom he later did fieldwork that led to important advances in the understanding of the Jurassic system and the origins of basalt. In 1815 Buch and the Norwegian botanist Christian Smith spent several months in the Canary Isles, and the resulting book, which appeared in 1825, is one of Buch's most important publications. It contains three papers Buch had previously published in journals, on flora (1816), the 1730 eruption on Lanzarote (1818) and temperature (1820), with additional chapters on population, land area and economics, the measurement of altitude, mineralogy, and detailed comparative data on volcanoes around the world. The substantial introduction includes a journal that records Buch's enthusiasm for the islands' scenery, natural history and people, and an obituary of Smith, who died in 1816 on a research trip to the Congo.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Earth Science
Release date:	May 2011
First published:	December 2010
Authors:	Leopold Von Buch
Dimensions:	297 x 210 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	426
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-07252-6
Languages:	German
Categories:	Books > Earth & environment > Earth sciences > General Promotions
LSN:	1-108-07252-6
Barcode:	9781108072526

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