MACGILLIVRAY, William

[3990] THE | TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES | OF | ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT: | BEING A CONDENSED | NARRATIVE OF HIS JOURNEYS | IN THE | EQUINOCTIAL REGIONS OF AMERICA, | AND IN | ASIATIC RUSSIA; | TOGETHER WITH | ANALYSES OF HIS MORE IMPORTANT | INVESTIGATIONS. | BY W. MAC-GILLIVRAY, A. M., F.R.S.E. | Conservator of the Museums of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Member of | the Natural History Societies of Edinburgh and Philadelphia, &c. | WITH A PORTRAIT OF HUMBOLDT BY HORSBURGH, A MAP OF THE ORINOCO | BY BRUCE, AND FIVE ENGRAVINGS BY JACKSON. | THIRD EDITION, REVISED. |

EDINBURGH: | OLIVER & BOYD, TWEEDDALE COURT; AND SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., LONDON. | MDCCCLV (1855).

16 x 10 cms. 428 pp. Letras redondas y cursivas. A línea tirada. Textos en inglés. Notas al pie de página. Signs.: [s.s.]8-A8-Z8-2A8-2B8-2C6.

{Grabado en cobre con el título: BARON F. H. A. HUMBOLDT. Engraved by J. Horsburgh}. [Pág. 1]: (Anteportada) TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES | OF | BARON HUMBOLDT. | Una figura grabada en cobre titulada: BASALTIC ROCKS AND CASCADE OF REGLA. | OLIVER & BOYD, EDINBURGH. V. en bl. [Pág. 3]: Portada ut supra. V. en bl. Al pie: ENTERED IN STATIONERS’HALL. | Printed by Oliver & Boyd, | Tweeddale Court, High Street, Edinburgh. Págs. [5]-8, PREFACE. Págs. [9]-16: CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER II. VOYAGE FROM CORUNNA TO TENERIFE. CHAPTER III. ISLAND OF TENERIFE. CHAPTER IV. PASSAGE FROM TENERIFE TO CUMANA. CHAPTER V. CUMANA. CHAPTER VI. RESIDENCE AT CUMANA. CHAPTER VII. MISSIONS OF THE CHAYMAS. CHAPTER VIII. EXCURSION CONTINUED, AND RETURN TO CUMANA. CHAPTER IX. INDIANS OF NEW ANDALUSIA. CHAPTER X. RESIDENCE AT CUMANA. CHAPTER XI. VOYAGE FROM CUMANA TO GUAYRA. CHAPTER XII. CITY OF CARACCAS AND SURROUNDING DISTRICT. CHAPTER XIII. EARTHQUAKES OF CARACCAS. CHAPTER XIV. JOURNEY FROM CARACCAS TO THE LAKE OF VALENCIA. CHAPTER XV. JOURNEY ACROSS THE LLANOS, FROM ARAGUA TO SAN FERNANDO. CHAPTER XVI. VOYAGE DOWN THE RIO APURE. CHAPTER XVII. VOYAGE UP THE ORINOCO. CHAPTER XVIII. VOYAGE UP THE ORINOCO CONTINUED. CHAPTER XIX. ROUTE FROM ESMERALDA TO ANGOSTURA. CHAPTER XX. JOURNEY ACROSS THE LLANOS TO NEW BARCELONA. CHAPTER XXI. PASSAGE TO HAVANNAH, AND RESIDENCE IN CUBA. CHAPTER XXII. VOYAGE FROM CUBA TO CARTHAGENA. CHAPTER XXIII. BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE JOURNEY FROM CARTHAGENA TO QUITO AND MEXICO. CHAPTER XXIV. DESCRIPTION OF NEW SPAIN OR MEXICO. CHAPTER XXV. STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF NEW SPAIN CONTINUED. CHAPTER XXVI. MINES OF NEW SPAIN. CHAPTER XXVII. PASSAGE FROM VERA CRUZ TO CUBA AND PHILADELPHIA AND VOYAGE TO EUROPE. CHAPTER XXVIII. JOURNEY TO ASIA. Págs. [17]-424: Textos ut supra. Figuras: Pág. 48: Dragon-tree of Orotava. Pág. 129: (Mapa del tamaño de la página, coloreado) HUMBOLDT’S | ROUTE ON | THE ORINOCO. Pág. 212: Jaguar, or American Tiger. Pág. 318: Air-volcanoes of Turbaco. Pág. 341: Costumes of the Indians of Mechoacan. Págs. [425]

428: INDEX.

BN RV-1027.

MACGILLIVRAY, William 1796-1852