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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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![Asie Centrale, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73, 89, 91, 97, 99, 118, 234, 260. Cosmos, 41, 49, 58, 73, 114, 118, 124, 265, 278, 303, 305, 346, 388, 389. De Distributione geographica plan- tarum, 278, 296, 304, 338, 343. Essai Politique sur la Nouvelle Espagne, 31, 34, 37, 43, 88, 206, 257, 305, 306, 430, 434. Essai sur la Géographie des Plantes, 84, 129, 136, 138, 277, 281, 305, 306. Examen Critique de ]'Histoire de la Geographie, 32, 48, 50, 88, 134, 936, 265, 271, 316, 322. Fragment d’un tableau géologique de Amérique Meridionale, 23. Letter to the Editor of the Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 249. Mémoire sur les Montagnes de l’Inde, 53. Mémoire snr les Lignes Isothermes, 87. Nouvelles Annales des Voyages, 185. Recueil d Observations Astrono- miques, 234, 258, 428. Recueil d’Observations de Zoologie et d’Anatomie Comparée, 24, 139, 141, 203, 237, 251. Relation Historique du Voyage aux Régions équinoxiales, 29, 29, 46, 48, 82, 85, 133, 134, 137, 189, 141, 144, 147, 152, 180, 202, 203, 242, 250, 269, 305, 336, 338, 432, 434. Sur la Fixation Guyanes Francaise et guaise, 178. Treatise on the Quina Woods, 423. Uber die gereizte Muskel- und Nervenfaser, 295. Vues des Cordilléres et Monumens des Peuples indigenes de ]'Amé- rique, 131, 236, 269, 424, 426. Humming-birds, seen at an elevation of 14,600 feet, 237. Huns, early migration of the, 5; various races of, 80, 81. Hy bernation of animals, 242, 243. Hydras, the, 252. Hylwa, of the Amazon, 6. Hymenee, 220. Hypsometric observations on the heights des limites des Portu- of mountains and their peaks, 204- 209. IrLımanı Peaks, situation and elevation of, 204. Inca roads of Peru, remains of, 393-397, 424; flights of steps, 395, 424. Inca Roca, State policy of, 431. Incas of Peru, their early conquest of Quito, 236; ancient fort and palace of the, at Caxamarca, 408-411; descen- dants of, 411-413; treasures taken from their temples by the Spaniards, 410, 430; their worship of the Sun, 430, 431 ; expected restoration of their ancient rule, 415,432. SeeAtahuallpa. India, mountain plateaux of, 55. Indians, driven on the coast of Germany, 124; of the Orinoco, method of pre- serving their dead, 171. Infusoria, vital tenacity of 241, 242, 244; marine, luminosity of the, 247 et seq. Insect life in the atmosphere, the ocean, and the earth, 211-214. Insects, carried to an elevation of 19,000 feet above the plains, 232, 233. “ Inundation, the Valley of,” 183. Tpomucena Islands, 187. Ipurucotos, tribe of the, 182. Islands formed of coral reefs, 257. Italian scenery, 216; sky, 217. Jacua Pam, beauties of the 392. Jaguar, of South America, 12; traits of the, 195, 196, 197. Jainti-dhara, elevation of the, 80. Jao, sources of the, 162; mouth of, 164. Japan, history of the peopling of, 12, 131; the character of its vegetation different from that of the Asiatic continent, 320. Jardin des Plantes, at Paris, rich collec- tions of the, 287, 288. Jardines del Rey, 257. Jarures, race of the, 20. Juncacex, 95,285. Karmuck-Kirenis tribes, extensive steppes occupied by, 3. Kashmir, valley of, its elevation, 59. Keeling-Atoll, a coral lagoon, 255. Keri, rocks of, 163, 164, 165. Kinchinjinga, the highest point of the Himalaya, 68. Kuen-liin, the mountain plateau of, 53; the mountain chain of, 63, 66, 67.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29289476_0001_0478.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
