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Views of the Cordilleras and monuments of the indigenous peoples of the Americas : a critical edition /
In 1799, Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. But what started as a trip to investigate a relatively minor geographical controversy became the basis of a five-year exploration throughout South America, Mexico, and Cuba. T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| Colección: | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859. Works.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Art of Science: Alexander von Humboldt's Views of the Cultures of the World
- An Introduction by Vera M. Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette; Note on the Text; Dedication page from the first French edition, Paris, 1810-1813; Introduction by Alexander von Humboldt; Picturesque Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas; Plates I and II: Bust of an Aztec Priestess; Plate III: View of the Main Square of Mexico City; Plate IV: Natural Bridges of Icononzo; Plate V: Quindiu Pass in the Cordillera of the Andes; Plate VI: Tequendama Falls.
- Plate VII: Pyramid of CholulaPlate VIII: Detached Section from the Cholula Pyramid; Plate IX: Xochicalco Monument; Plate X: Cotopaxi Volcano; Plate XI: Mexica Relief Found in Oaxaca; Plate XII: Genealogy of the Princes of Azcapotzalco; A Trial Document in Hieroglyphic Script; Plate XIII: Aztec Hieroglyphic Manuscript Preserved in the Vatican Library; Plate XIV: Costumes Drawn by Mexica Painters in Montezuma's Time; Plate XV: Aztec Hieroglyphs from the Velletri Manuscript; Plate XVI: View of Chimborazo and Carihuairazo; Plate XVII: The Peruvian Monument of Cañar.
- Plate XVIII: Boulder of Inti- GuaicuPlate XI: XInga- Chungana near Cañar; Plate XX: Interior of the Inca's House at Cañar; Plate XXI: Aztec Bas- Relief Found in the Main Square of Mexico City; Plate XXII: Basaltic Rocks and the Regla Waterfall; Plate XXIII: Basalt Relief Showing the Mexica Calendar; Plate XXIV: The Inca's House at Callo in the Kingdom of Quito; Plate XXV: Chimborazo Viewed from the Tapia Plateau; Plate XXVI: Epochs of Nature According to Aztec Mythology; Plate XXVII: Hieroglyphic Painting from the Borgia Manuscript of Velletri and Day-Signs from the Mexica Almanac.
- Plate XXVIII: Aztec AxPlate XXIX: Aztec Idol Made of Basaltic Porphyry, Found under the Cobblestones of the Main Square of Mexico City; Plate XXX: Río Vinagre Falls near the Puracé Volcano; Plate XXXI: Mail Service in the Province of Jaén de Bracamoros; Plate XXXII: Hieroglyphic History of the Aztecs, from the Great Flood to the Founding of Mexico City; Plate XXXIII: Rope Bridge near Penipe; Plate XXXIV: Cofre de Perote; Plate XXXV: Mount Iliniza; Plate XXXVI: Fragments of Aztec Hieroglyphic Paintings from the Royal Library of Berlin.
- Plate XXXVII: Hieroglyphic Paintings from the Borgia Museum in VelletriPlate XXXVIII: Migration of the Aztec Peoples; Hieroglyphic Painting from the Royal Library of Berlin; Plate XXXIX: Granite Vase Found on the Coast of Honduras; Plate XL: Aztec Idol in Basalt, Found in the Valley of Mexico; Plate XLI: Air Volcano of Turbaco; Plate XLII: Volcano of Cayambe; Plate XLIII: Volcano of Jorullo; Plate XLIV: Calendar of the Muisca Indians, the Ancient Inhabitants of the Bogotá Plateau; Plate XLV: Fragment of a Hieroglyphic Manuscript Preserved at the Royal Library of Dresden.