The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander Von HumboldtRudd & Carleton, 1809 - 482 páginas |
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... whole . Humboldt , however , may be termed the father of Physical Geography , and the suggester , if not the discoverer , of that system of the distribution of plants and animals which opens to our view another field of that Divine ...
... whole . Humboldt , however , may be termed the father of Physical Geography , and the suggester , if not the discoverer , of that system of the distribution of plants and animals which opens to our view another field of that Divine ...
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... whole sur- face of the globe . A wider range of observation would have shown him , that at a little distance from Freyberg , many of his supposed universal rock - formations were not to be found , and that other rocks supply their place ...
... whole sur- face of the globe . A wider range of observation would have shown him , that at a little distance from Freyberg , many of his supposed universal rock - formations were not to be found , and that other rocks supply their place ...
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... by his presence . " And Schiller wrote back shortly after : " Although the whole family of Humboldt , down to the servant , lie ill with ague , they still speak only of great journeys . " 24 LEOPOLD VON BUCH . But sick or well ,
... by his presence . " And Schiller wrote back shortly after : " Although the whole family of Humboldt , down to the servant , lie ill with ague , they still speak only of great journeys . " 24 LEOPOLD VON BUCH . But sick or well ,
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... whole way , and examined the archipelago of small islands situated northward of Lancerota , In the midst of this archipelago , which was seldom visited by vessels bound for Teneriffe , they were singularly struck with the configuration ...
... whole way , and examined the archipelago of small islands situated northward of Lancerota , In the midst of this archipelago , which was seldom visited by vessels bound for Teneriffe , they were singularly struck with the configuration ...
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... whole length . The travellers were particularly struck with the extraordinary configuration of a port , known by the name of Laguna Grande . A vast basin , sur- rounded by high mountains , communicated with the gulf of Cariaco by a ...
... whole length . The travellers were particularly struck with the extraordinary configuration of a port , known by the name of Laguna Grande . A vast basin , sur- rounded by high mountains , communicated with the gulf of Cariaco by a ...
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Alexander Alexander Von Humboldt animals appeared Aricagua arrived ascended Atabapo Atahuallpa banks beautiful Berlin birds boat boldt Calabozo canoe Caracas Caripe Cassiquiare cataracts cavern clouds coast Cordilleras Cotopaxi covered crater crevice crocodiles Cumana descended distance eggs Europe excursion eyes feet high fish forest formed ground Guacharo gulf of Cariaco height horizon Humboldt and Bonpland hundred feet Incas Indians inhabitants insects island jaguar journey land leagues light Llanos ment Mexico mines mission missionary monkeys morning mountains mouth mules narrow natives natural night observations Orinoco palm-trees Paris passed Pizarro plain plants porphyritic Quito reached regions remained Rio Negro river road rocks rose sail San Fernando savannahs scarcely seemed seen shore spot summit surface surrounded Tegel thick thousand tion torrent trees trunks turtles Uruana valley vapour vegetation village visited volcano voyage wind young Zambo
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Página 54 - In the solitude of the seas, we hail a star as a friend from whom we have been long separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards, peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the new world...
Página 12 - Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U niversity of Gottingen, niversity of Gottingen.
Página 295 - He found them married to the women of this land, having a numerous posterity, and living in cities, which they had built. Our ancestors hearkened not to their ancient master, and he returned alone. We have always believed, that his descendants would one day come to take possession of this country. Since you arrive from that region, where the Sun rises, and, as you assure me, you have long known us, I cannot doubt, but that the king, who sends you, is our natural master.
Página 80 - Thus in every region of the earth a resemblance may be traced in the early fictions of nations, those especially which relate to two principles governing the world, the abode of souls after death, the happiness of the virtuous and the punishment of the guilty. The most different and most...
Página 54 - A traveller has no need of being a botanist, to recognise the torrid zone on the mere aspect of its vegetation ; and without having acquired any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and de la Caille, he feels he is not in Europe, when he sees the immense constellation of the Ship, or the phosphorescent clouds of Magellan, arise on the horizon.
Página 162 - ... farther and farther from her hut and her native country. She succeeded in breaking her bonds, threw herself into the water, and swam to the left bank of the Atabapo. The current carried her to a shelf of rock, which bears her name to this day. She landed, and took shelter in the woods, but the president of the missions ordered the Indians to row to the shore, and follow the traces of the Guahiba. In the evening she was brought back. Stretched upon the rock...
Página 55 - Lataniers, conversed together for the last time ; and where the old man, at the sight of the Southern Cross, warns them that it is time to separate !"— DE HUMBOLDT'S Travels.
Página 416 - I had to go, for I had nothing left. The next morning as I was seated at breakfast, in front of the yard of the hotel where I lived, I saw the servant of Humboldt approach. He handed me a note, saying there was no answer, and disappeared. I opened the note, and I see it now before me as distinctly as if I held the paper in my hand. It said : " ' My friend, I hear that you intend leaving Paris in consequence of some embarrassments.
Página 460 - I still think,'' he remarked as he closed the book, " that Chimborazo is the grandest mountain in the world.
Página 290 - Those who witnessed this great catastrophe from the top of Aguasarco assert, that flames were seen to issue forth for an extent of more than half a square league, that fragments of burning rocks were thrown to...