Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras! Written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, & Translated Into English by Helen Maria Williams

Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras! Written in French by Alexander de Humboldt, & Translated Into English by Helen Maria Williams
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Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras!
Language: en
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Authors: Alexander von Humboldt
Categories: History
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Humboldt vividly describes the geography and culture of Latin America in this 1810 travelogue, published in English translation in 1814.
Researches Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America: Advertisement of the editor ; Picturesque atlas of travels to the equinoctial regions of the new continent ; Monuments of America, and picturesque views of the Cordilleras ; Statue of an Azteck priestess ; View of the great square of Mexico ; Natural bridges of Icononzo ; Passage of Quindiu in the Cordillera of the Andes ; Fall of the Tequendama ; Pyramid of Cholula ; Detached mass of the pyramid of Cholula ; Monument of Xochicalco ; Volcano of Cotopaxi ; Mexican monument in relief, found at Oaxaca ; Genealogy of the princes of Azcapozalco ; An Azteck hieroglyphical manuscript preserved in the Library of the Vatican ; Costumes delineated by the Mexican painters in the time of Montezuma ; Azteck hieroglyphics, from the manuscript of Veletri ; View of Chimborazo and Carguairazo ; Peruvian monument at Cannar ; Rock of Inti-Guaicu ; Ynga-Chungana, near Cannar ; Interior of the house of the Inca at Cannar ; Azteck bas-relief, found in the great square of Mexico ; Basaltic rocks and Cascade of Regla ; Relief in basalt, representing the Mexican calendar ; Ceorrespondence of English weight and measures with those used in France
Language: en
Pages: 444