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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent
Alexander von HumboldtAimé Bonpland
其他書名
During the Years 1799-1804
出版Cambridge University Press, 2011-06-02
主題Biography & Autobiography / Adventurers & ExplorersHistory / Historical GeographyLiterary Criticism / GeneralNature / GeneralNature / RegionalScience / HistoryTravel / Essays & TraveloguesTravel / South America / General
ISBN11080279979781108027991
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1_KdDKdgPYcC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component of Humboldt's account, the Relation historique du voyage (1814-25), consists of seven volumes and was published in London between 1814 and 1829. Volume 7 (1829) focuses mainly on the geography of Cuba, its slave population and sugar production, and ends with Humboldt's experiences in Colombia.