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Equinoctial Regions Of America V3

Equinoctial Regions Of America V3

Humboldt, Alexander Von

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Travel WritingBotany & Horticulture

ISBN10: 1419118072
ISBN13: 9781419118074
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jun 17 2004
Pages: 340
Weight: 1.29
Height: 0.71 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Equinoctial Regions of America V3 is a book written by Alexander Von Humboldt, a German naturalist and explorer, which describes his travels and observations of the equatorial regions of South America. The book is the third volume of a five-volume set and covers Humboldt's journey through the Orinoco River basin, the Andes Mountains, and the Amazon River basin. Humboldt's detailed descriptions of the geography, flora, and fauna of the region are accompanied by illustrations and maps, providing readers with a comprehensive understanding of the equatorial regions of America. The book also includes Humboldt's theories on the climate, geology, and indigenous cultures of the area he explored. Overall, Equinoctial Regions of America V3 is a valuable resource for anyone interested in South American geography, natural history, and exploration, as well as for those interested in the history of scientific exploration.The town of the Havannah, properly so called, surrounded by walls, is only 900 toises long and 500 broad; yet more than 44,000 inhabitants, of whom 26,000 are negroes and mulattoes, are crowded together in this narrow space. A population nearly as considerable occupies the two great suburbs of Jesu-Maria and La Salud.* (* Salud signifies Health.) The latter place does not verify the name it bears; the temperature of the air is indeed lower than in the city but the streets might have been larger and better planned. Spanish engineers, who have been waging war for thirty years past with the inhabitants of the suburbs (arrabales), have convinced the government that the houses are too near the fortifications, and that the enemy might establish himself there with impunity. But the government has not courage to demolish the suburbs and disperse a population of 28,000 inhabitants collected in La Salud only.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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