Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.1

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LibriVox recording of Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Years 1799-1804, Vol.1 by Alexander von Humboldt. (Translated by Thomasina Ross.) Read in English by Gail Timmerman Vaughan In 1799, with extensive travel permissions from the Spanish government, Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland departed for the Americas on a journey of exploration that would last well into 1804. In writing the “Personal Narrative…”, von Humboldt combined a description of the places and people of their travels with diverse scientific observations; but particularly of plants and animals, geology, weather and astronomy. von Humboldt’s narrative (and Thomasina Ross’s translation) of their adventures is marvelously well written and at times poetically descriptive. Volume I of the “Personal Narrative….”, covers their preparations, departure from Spain, and their travels to the Canary Islands, Tobago, Cumana and vicinity, and Caracas and vicinity in Venezuela. Alexander von Humboldt was a member of the Prussian aristocracy. He was well educated and as a young man worked as an inspector of mines. After receiving an inheritance from his Mother, he was…

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Alexander von Humboldt

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librivox; audiobooks;South America; biogeography; autobiography; memoirs;

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