| Description |
xii, 311 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits, maps. ; 22 cm |
| Note |
"First edition." |
| Bibliography |
"Bibliographical references": pages 299-307. |
| Contents |
ǂg pt. 1. ǂt Charles-Marie de La Condamine: ǂg ch. 1. ǂt "Joyfull newes out of the newe founde worlde" -- ǂg ch. 2. ǂt Les grandes aplatisseurs -- ǂg ch. 3. ǂt The door to America is opened -- ǂg ch. 4. ǂt Expedition to the Equator -- ǂg ch. 5. ǂt The conquest of the heights -- ǂg ch. 6. ǂt Death and triangulation -- ǂg ch. 7. ǂt Pyramids on the moon -- ǂg ch. 8. ǂt The dark river of tragedy -- ǂg ch. 9. ǂt The triumphs of La Condamine -- ǂg pt. 2. ǂt Alexander von Humboldt: ǂg ch. 10. ǂt Humboldt's America -- ǂg ch. 11. ǂt The Llanos of Venezuela -- ǂg ch. 12. ǂt The Orinoco yields its secret -- ǂg ch. 13. ǂt The kingdom of New Granada -- ǂg ch. 14. ǂt The realm of the Quitus -- ǂg ch. 15. ǂt The ascent of Chimborazo -- ǂg ch. 16. ǂt The rediscovery of America -- ǂg pt. 3. ǂt Charles Robert Darwin: ǂg ch. 17. ǂt Erasmus Darwin's grandson -- ǂg ch. 18. ǂt The naturalists open Brazil -- ǂg ch. 19. ǂt Dictators and fossils -- ǂg ch. 20. ǂt The land of fire -- ǂg ch. 21. ǂt Chile of the crazy geography -- ǂg ch. 22. ǂt The Galápagos begets evolution -- ǂg ch. 23. ǂt "I am an author" -- ǂg pt. 4. ǂt Richard Spruce: ǂg ch. 24. ǂt Richard Spruce, Yorkshireman -- ǂg ch. 25. ǂt The great mother forest -- ǂg ch. 26. ǂt The land of the Amazons -- ǂg ch. 27. ǂt In Humboldt's country -- ǂg ch. 28. ǂt "On her Britannic majesty's service" -- ǂg ch. 29. ǂt Cinchona, the fever bark -- ǂg ch. 30. ǂt South America calling |
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South America -- Description and travel.
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South America. |
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La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774.
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La Condamine, Charles-Marie de, 1701-1774. |
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Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.
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Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859. |
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882. |
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Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893.
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Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893. |
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