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1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index. |
Summary |
This volume is the first-ever English translation of the memoirs of Karl Heller, a twenty-year-old aspiring Austrian botanist who traveled to Mexico in 1845 to collect specimens. He passed through the Caribbean, lived for a time in the mountains of Veracruz, and journeyed to Mexico City through the cities of Puebla and Cholula. After a brief residence in the capital, Heller moved westward to examine the volcanoes and silver mines near Toluca. When the United States invaded Mexico in 1846 & ndash;47 conditions became chaotic, and the enterprising botanist was forced to flee to Yucatan. Heller liv. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880 -- Travel -- Mexico.
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Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880. |
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Travel. |
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Mexico. |
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Mexico -- Description and travel.
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Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861.
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History. |
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1821-1861 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Rugeley, Terry, 1956-
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Added Title |
Reisen in Mexiko in den jahren 1845-1848. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007026313
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Other Form: |
Print version: Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880. Reisen in Mexiko in den jahren 1845-1848. English. Alone in Mexico. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2007013796 |
ISBN |
9780817380335 (electronic book) |
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0817380337 (electronic book) |
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9780817315887 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0817315888 |
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9780817354565 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0817354565 |
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