The Italic People of Ancient Apulia

The Italic People of Ancient Apulia
Author: T. H. Carpenter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2014-08-28
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1107041864

This book makes recent scholarship on the Italic people of fourth-century BC Apulia available to English-speaking audiences.

Aspects of Nature

Aspects of Nature
Author: Alexander Von Humboldt
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-27
Genre:
ISBN: 9781017905939

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Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent During the Years 1799-1804
Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher:
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1814
Genre: Central America
ISBN:

Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name ..."--Hill.