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Views of nature, or contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation, with scientific illustrations / By Alexander von Humboldt. Translated from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn.
- Alexander von Humboldt
- Date:
- 1850
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Views of nature, or contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation, with scientific illustrations / By Alexander von Humboldt. Translated from the German by E.C. Otté and Henry G. Bohn. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![general account of, 162 et seq. ——, the brave Indian tribe, melancholy legend of, 172; verses on the parrot of, 189. Australia, Acacias, Myrtacee, and Ca- suarine, the principal vegetable forms of, 313. Auvergne, platean of, its elevation, 58. Avars, early migration of the, 5. Avenacew, 128. Axum, plateau of, its elevation, 58. Azteks, ruins of the fortress of the, 127; seat of the, 207; relics of civilization found, 207; pyramidal buildings of the, 398. BaveeEr, hybernation of the, 244. Balboa, Vasco de, his adventurous expe- dition over the South American Con- tinent, 418, 432. Balch Pass, elevation of the, 79. Bambusacex, one of the most beautiful ornaments of tropical climates, 334, 335. Bananas, 22]; one of the plants by which the aspeet of Nature is princi- pally determined, 224, 227; cultivated from the earliest infaney of civiliza- tion, 305, Banisterias, 173. “ Banks,” of steppes, probably the marine shoals of the primeval world, 1, 26; phenomena of, explained, 27; com- posed of floetz strata, 28; immense tracts of, in the deserts of Africa and Asia, 28. Banyan-tree, colossal size of, 275. Baobab, colossal dimensions of the, 271, 272. Baraguan, narrow pass of, 162. Barjikang Pass, elevation and vegetation of the, 78. Basalt, formation of, 218. Bats of the South American steppes, 15. Bavaria, plateau of, its elevation, 58. “ Bay of Sadness,” 155. Bear, hybernation of the, 224. Bees, discovered at the summit of the Rocky Mountains, 33. Belaria, the purple-flowering, 23. Beke, on the Mountains of the Moon, Wb, 16: Bengal, bay of, an arrested effort of Nature to form an inland sea, 254. 439 179. Bignonia, 173. Binimi, fatal expedition to, 188, Birds, hybernation of, 242; the ratio of their numerical distribution, 288. Bison, of North America, 40-42, Bixa Orellana, pigment of, 171. Black Sea. See Euxine. Boa-constrietor of the Orinoco, 20, 142; periodie torpidity of, 243. Bolivia, geographical observations on, 204, 205. Bolson de Massimi, el, elevation of, 208. Bombacee, one of the vegetable forms by which the aspect of Nature is prin- eipally determined, 224. Botany. See Plants and Vegetation. Bougainvillea, new and beautiful species of, 400, 401. Brahmins, geographical notions of the, 67. Branco River, 178, 181, 182, 183, 184. Buenos Ayres, situation and temperature _ of, 109. Buffalo, of South America, 11, 125,126; ofthe Mississippi, 40-42. Butterflies, on the summit of Mont Blane and on the Chimborazo, 232, 233. Cacao, Montes de, 194-202. Cactus, the, 15, 138; one of the vegetable forms by which the aspect of Nature is principally determined, 225; indige- nous to America, 310; its natural his- tory, 311, 312. Caladium, belongs exclusively to tropi- cal climates, 329. California, mountain coast-range of, 36, 37; voleanos still active in, 37; its golden treasures, and the advantages of the discovery, 433. Cameji, on the Orinoco, 163; mouth of the, 166. Camel, “ the ship of the desert,” 3, 51; great utility of the, 5) ; natural history of the, 52, 53. Camosi, rock of, 165. Canada, monument discovered in the prairies of, 82. Canar, fortress of, 394, 424. Canaries, inhabited by the Spanish race, Lois Carouac, the food of the Indians, 145, 262](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29289476_0001_0473.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
