Researches, Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions & Views of some of the most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras!

790 Pages·1814·37.545 MB·English

by  Alexander von Humboldt, (auth.), Maria Williams, (transl.)

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ADVERTISEMENT
EDITOR.
THE Views of the Cordilleras and
Monuments of the Natives of America, which
irm the Pipiu^^iqlip^itlas of the Quarh Edi-
t\on of M. M. de' Humboldt and Bmpland's
nraygfo in the Equinoxial Regionsofthe New
tinent, consist ofone large Volume in Folio
orhhmented with Sixty-nine Platesengraved hy
tle first Artists of Berlin, Rome, and Paris.
This Work, which is highly interesting, from
the numerous Researches it contains inthe An-
tiquities ofMexico and Peru, from the Inscrip-
tion of the most remarkable Scenes of theCor-
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dilleras, and the Manners of its Inhabit^
should accompany the Octavo Edition of this
Voyage; but the Picturesque Atlas in Folio
being,from its Nature, of too high a Price for
a2
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Readers in general, it has been judged necessary
to Reprint the Text in two Octavo Volumes.
The greater Part of the Subjects contained in
the Atlas may he read without consulting the
Plates, but some Parts of the Text to be well
wderstood, require the Aid of the Plates. For
this Region, Nineteen Engravings have been
sel°L y M. de Humboldt, from Sixty-nine
contt [n the Folio Edition, which Plates are
redwed in order to be placed at the End of the
Two Cctavo Volumes.
Tht. Geographical and Physical Maps will
accompanythe Personal Narrative.