Research Catalog

Title

Views of nature / Alexander von Humboldt ; translated by Mark W. Person ; edited by Stephen T. Jackson and Laura Dassow Walls.

Author

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

Publication

• Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
• ©2014

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Details

Additional Authors

• Jackson, Stephen T., 1955-
• Walls, Laura Dassow.
• Person, Mark W.

Description

viii, 313 pages; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Ansichten der Natur. English

Alternative Title

Ansichten der Natur.

Subjects

• Science
• Physical geography
• Natural history
• South America > Description and travel

Note

• Editor's note -- Introduction: reclaiming consilience -- Translator's note -- Hamboldt's Ansichten der Natur measurement units -- Views of Nature -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second and third editions -- Concerning the steppes and deserts -- Concerning the waterfalls of the Orinoco near Atures and Maypures -- The nocturnal wildlife of the primeval forest -- Hypsometric addenda -- Ideas for a physiognomy of plants -- Concerning the structure and action of volcanoes in various regions of the Earth -- The life force, or the Rhodian genius -- The plateau of Cajamarca, the old residential city of the Inca Atahualpa; first sight of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes chain.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Geerman.

Contents

Editor's note -- Introduction: reclaiming consilience -- Translator's note -- Humboldt's Ansichten der Natur measurement units -- Views of Nature -- Preface to the first edition -- Preface to the second and third editions -- Concerning the steppes and deserts -- Concerning the waterfalls of the Orinoco near Atures and Maypures -- The nocturnal wildlife of the primeval forest -- Hypsometric addenda -- Ideas for a physiognomy of plants -- Concerning the structure and action of volcanoes in various regions of the Earth -- The life force, or the Rhodian genius -- The plateau of Cajamarca, the old residential city of the Inca Atahualpa; first sight of the Pacific from the ridge of the Andes chain.

Call Number

JFE 15-129

ISBN

• 9780226923185 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0226923185 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780226923192 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
• 0226923193 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2013050786
• 40023995759

OCLC

859583964

Author

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859, author.

Title

Views of nature / Alexander von Humboldt ; translated by Mark W. Person ; edited by Stephen T. Jackson and Laura Dassow Walls.

Publisher

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.

Copyright Date

©2014

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Translated from the Geerman.

Added Author

Jackson, Stephen T., 1955-

Walls, Laura Dassow.

Person, Mark W.

Other Standard Identifier

40023995759

Research Call Number

JFE 15-129