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Views of nature: or Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation / with scientific illustrations — Alexander von Humboldt

Views of nature: or Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation / with scientific illustrations

Alexander von Humboldt

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 439 pages

A collection of essays by Alexander von Humboldt that blend scientific observation with poetic contemplation of nature. He describes landscapes, vegetation, and natural phenomena across the globe, from the Andes to the tropics. Listeners will enjoy his elegant prose and his vision of nature as a unified, sublime whole.

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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. VIEWS OF NATURE: OR CONTEMPLATIONS ON THE SUBLIME PHENOMENA OF CREATION; WITH SCIENTIFIC ILLUSTRATIONS.
  2. PREFACE BY THE PUBLISHER.
  3. AUTHOR’S PREFACE, TO THE FIRST EDITION.
  4. AUTHOR’S PREFACE, TO THE SECOND AND THIRD EDITIONS.
  5. CONTENTS
  6. SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.
  7. ON STEPPES AND DESERTS.
  8. ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
  9. ON THE CATARACTS OF THE ORINOCO, Near Atures and Maypures.
  10. ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
  11. THE NOCTURNAL LIFE OF ANIMALS IN THE PRIMEVAL FOREST.
  12. ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
  13. HYPSOMETRIC ADDENDA.
  14. IDEAS FOR A PHYSIOGNOMY OF PLANTS.
  15. ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
  16. ON THE STRUCTURE AND MODE OF ACTION OF VOLCANOS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EARTH.
  17. EXPLANATORY ADDITIONS.
  18. VITAL FORCE, OR THE RHODIAN GENIUS.
  19. ILLUSTRATION AND NOTE.
  20. THE PLATEAU, OR TABLE-LAND, OF CAXAMARCA, THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF THE INCA ATAHUALLPA, AND THE FIRST VIEW OF THE PACIFIC
  21. ILLUSTRATIONS AND ADDITIONS.
  22. INDEX.
  23. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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