Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent during the Years 1799-1804 Vol. 5

Alexander de Humboldt, and Aime Bonpland

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January 1818

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LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, PATERNOSTER ROW. 1818.; AMS PRESS, INC. NEW YORK1966

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English

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Written in French by Alexander von Humboldt, and translated into English by Helen Maria Williams. - London 1818 CONTENTS VOL. I. BOOK I. CHAPTER I. Preparations.-Instruments.-Departure from Spain. --Landing at the Canary Islands. ... 1 CHAPTER II. Stay at Teneriffe.-Journey from Santa Cruz to Orotava.-Excursion to the top of the Peak of Teyde. 111 VOL. II. CHAPTER III. Passage from Teneriffe to the coasts of South America. -The Island of Tobago.-Arrival at Cumana. BOOK II. CHAPTER IV. First abode at Cumana.-Banks of the Manzanares. 175 CHAPTER V. Peninsula of Araya. - Salt-marshes. - Ruins of the Castle of San Giacomo. . . . . 23

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