Views of nature: or Contemplations on the sublime phenomena of creation / with scientific illustrations
by Alexander von Humboldt
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Contents
- Preface by the Publisher
- Author’s Preface, to the First Edition
- Author’s Preface, to the Second and Third Editions
- Summary of Contents
- On Steppes and Deserts
- On the Cataracts of the Orinoco, Near Atures and Maypures
- The Nocturnal Life of Animals in the Primeval Forest
- Hypsometric Addenda
- Ideas for a Physiognomy of Plants
- On the Structure and Mode of Action of Volcanos in Different Parts of the Earth
- Vital Force, or the Rhodian Genius
- Illustration and Note
- The Plateau, or Table-Land, of Caxamarca, the Ancient Capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and the First View of the Pacific Ocean, From the Ridge of the Andes