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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.
A Walk to London contains notes taken along the course of a journey
from Aberdeen to London in 1819 by William MacGillivray, the
eminent naturalist.
A Walk to London contains notes taken along the course of a journey
from Aberdeen to London in 1819 by William MacGillivray, the
eminent naturalist.
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