Researches, Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions & Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras!

Author	: Alexander von Humboldt
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Total Pages	: 374
Release	: 1814
ISBN-10	: HARVARD:32044014455380
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Pages: 374

Researches, Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions & Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras!

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Language: en
Pages: 446

Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America; with Descriptions & Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras ...

Authors: Wilhelm Freiherr von Humboldt

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Language: en
Pages: 356

Researches, Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America

Authors: Alexander von Humboldt

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Language: en
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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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Categories: History

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Humboldt vividly describes the geography and culture of Latin America in this 1810 travelogue, published in English translation in 1814.

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Pages: 444

Researches Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America: Advertisement of the editor ; Picturesque atlas of travels to the equinoctial regions of the new continent ; Monuments of America, and picturesque views of the Cordilleras ; Statue of an Azteck priestess ; View of the great square of Mexico ; Natural bridges of Icononzo ; Passage of Quindiu in the Cordillera of the Andes ; Fall of the Tequendama ; Pyramid of Cholula ; Detached mass of the pyramid of Cholula ; Monument of Xochicalco ; Volcano of Cotopaxi ; Mexican monument in relief, found at Oaxaca ; Genealogy of the princes of Azcapozalco ; An Azteck hieroglyphical manuscript preserved in the Library of the Vatican ; Costumes delineated by the Mexican painters in the time of Montezuma ; Azteck hieroglyphics, from the manuscript of Veletri ; View of Chimborazo and Carguairazo ; Peruvian monument at Cannar ; Rock of Inti-Guaicu ; Ynga-Chungana, near Cannar ; Interior of the house of the Inca at Cannar ; Azteck bas-relief, found in the great square of Mexico ; Basaltic rocks and Cascade of Regla ; Relief in basalt, representing the Mexican calendar ; Ceorrespondence of English weight and measures with those used in France

Authors: Alexander von Humboldt

Categories: Andes

Type: BOOK - Published: 1814 - Publisher:

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Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an internationally respected scientist and explorer whose meticulous approach to scientific observation greatly influence