| Page | |
|---|---|
| Publisher’s Preface | v |
| Author’s Preface, to the First Edition | ix |
| Author’s Preface, to the Second and Third Editions | xi |
| Summary of Contents | xvii |
| Steppes and Deserts | 1 |
| Illustrations and Additions | 22 |
| Cataracts of the Orinoco | 153 |
| Illustrations and Additions | 174 |
| Nocturnal Life of Animals in the Primeval Forest | 191 |
| Illustrations and Additions | 202 |
| Hypsometric Addenda | 204 |
| Ideas for a Physiognomy of Plants | 210 |
| Illustrations and Additions | 232 |
| On the Structure and Mode of Action of Volcanos in different parts of the Earth | 353 |
| Illustrations and Additions | 376 |
| Vital Force, or The Rhodian Genius | 380 |
| Illustration and Note | 386 |
| The Plateau of Caxamarca, the Ancient Capital of the Inca Atahuallpa, and First View of the Pacific from the Ridge of the Andes | 390 |
| Illustrations and Additions | 421 |
| Index | 437 |
FAC-SIMILE OF THE HAND-WRITING OF BARON HUMBOLDT.
EXTRACTS OF A LETTER TO THE PUBLISHER.