Researches, concerning the institutions & 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.

Description

Main Author

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859.

Related Names

Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, J. Murray & H. Colburn, 1814.

Subjects

Travel
Indians of South America > Indians of South America / Antiquities
Indians of Mexico > Indians of Mexico / Antiquities
Antiquities
Indians of South America > Indians of South America / Andes > Indians of South America / Andes / Antiquities.
Indians of Mexico > Indians of Mexico / Antiquities.
Peru
Mexico
Andes
Andes > Andes / Antiquities.
Peru > Peru / Description and travel.
Mexico > Mexico / Description and travel.
Peru > Peru / Antiquities.
Mexico > Mexico / Antiquities.
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / England > Engravings (prints) / England / 19th century.

Note

"W. Pople, printer"--Colophon.
Engraved title pages.
Translation, by Helen Maria Williams, of: Vues des Cordillères et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique. Paris, 1810-1813 (representing Partie I, section 2: of Voyage aux régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent, fait en 1799-1804 by Alexander von Humboldt).

Physical Description

2 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

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