Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an internationally respected scientist and explorer whose meticulous approach to scientific observation greatly influenced later research. He travelled the world, once staying at the White House as a guest of Thomas Jefferson, and is commemorated in the many species and places which bear his name. This two volume work, published in French in 1810 as Vue des Cordillères, and in this English translation in 1814, was one of the many publications that resulted from Humboldt's expedition to Latin America in 1799-1804. It describes geographical features such as volcanoes and waterfalls, and aspects of the indigenous cultures including architecture, sculpture, art, languages and writing systems, religions, costumes and artefacts. This approachable, closely observed travelogue vividly recounts a huge variety of impressions and experiences, and reveals Humboldt's boundless curiosity as well as his scientific and cultural knowledge.
Researches Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America: Advertisement of the editor ; Picturesque atlas of travels to the equinoctial regions of the new continent ; Monuments of America, and picturesque views of the Cordilleras ; Statue of an Azteck priestess ; View of the great square of Mexico ; Natural bridges of Icononzo ; Passage of Quindiu in the Cordillera of the Andes ; Fall of the Tequendama ; Pyramid of Cholula ; Detached mass of the pyramid of Cholula ; Monument of Xochicalco ; Volcano of Cotopaxi ; Mexican monument in relief, found at Oaxaca ; Genealogy of the princes of Azcapozalco ; An Azteck hieroglyphical manuscript preserved in the Library of the Vatican ; Costumes delineated by the Mexican painters in the time of Montezuma ; Azteck hieroglyphics, from the manuscript of Veletri ; View of Chimborazo and Carguairazo ; Peruvian monument at Cannar ; Rock of Inti-Guaicu ; Ynga-Chungana, near Cannar ; Interior of the house of the Inca at Cannar ; Azteck bas-relief, found in the great square of Mexico ; Basaltic rocks and Cascade of Regla ; Relief in basalt, representing the Mexican calendar ; Ceorrespondence of English weight and measures with those used in France
Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an internationally respected scientist and explorer whose meticulous approach to scientific observation greatly influenced later research. He travelled the world, once staying at the White House as a guest of Thomas Jefferson, and is commemorated in the many species and places which bear his name. This two volume work, published in French in 1810 as Vue des Cordillères, and in this English translation in 1814, was one of the many publications that resulted from Humboldt's expedition to Latin America in 1799-1804. It describes geographical features such as volcanoes and waterfalls, and aspects of the indigenous cultures including architecture, sculpture, art, languages and writing systems, religions, costumes and artefacts. This approachable, closely observed travelogue vividly recounts a huge variety of impressions and experiences, and reveals Humboldt's boundless curiosity as well as his scientific and cultural knowledge.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an internationally respected scientist and explorer whose meticulous approach to scientific observation greatly influenced later research. He travelled the world, once staying at the White House as a guest of Thomas Jefferson, and is commemorated in the many species and places which bear his name. This two volume work, published in French in 1810 as Vue des Cordillères, and in this English translation in 1814, was one of the many publications that resulted from Humboldt's expedition to Latin America in 1799-1804. It describes geographical features such as volcanoes and waterfalls, and aspects of the indigenous cultures including architecture, sculpture, art, languages and writing systems, religions, costumes and artefacts. This approachable, closely observed travelogue vividly recounts a huge variety of impressions and experiences, and reveals Humboldt's boundless curiosity as well as his scientific and cultural knowledge.
Researches Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America; with Descriptions & Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras ...
Author: Wilhelm Freiherr von Humboldt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Monuments of the Incas
Machu Picchu
Author: Johan Reinhard
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN: 1938770927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Machu Picchu, recently voted one of the New Wonders of the World, is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, yet it remains a mystery. Even the most basic questions are still unanswered: What was its meaning and why was it built in such a difficult location? Renowned explorer Johan Reinhard attempts to answer such elusive questions from the perspectives of sacred landscape and archaeoastronomy. Using information gathered from historical, archaeological, and ethnographical sources, Reinhard demonstrates how the site is situated in the center of sacred mountains and associated with a sacred river, which is in turn symbolically linked with the sun's passage. Taken together, these features meant that Machu Picchu formed a cosmological, hydrological, and sacred geological center for a vast region.
Publisher: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press
ISBN: 1938770927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Machu Picchu, recently voted one of the New Wonders of the World, is one of the world's most famous archaeological sites, yet it remains a mystery. Even the most basic questions are still unanswered: What was its meaning and why was it built in such a difficult location? Renowned explorer Johan Reinhard attempts to answer such elusive questions from the perspectives of sacred landscape and archaeoastronomy. Using information gathered from historical, archaeological, and ethnographical sources, Reinhard demonstrates how the site is situated in the center of sacred mountains and associated with a sacred river, which is in turn symbolically linked with the sun's passage. Taken together, these features meant that Machu Picchu formed a cosmological, hydrological, and sacred geological center for a vast region.
Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras!
Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108027903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Humboldt vividly describes the geography and culture of Latin America in this 1810 travelogue, published in English translation in 1814.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108027903
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
Humboldt vividly describes the geography and culture of Latin America in this 1810 travelogue, published in English translation in 1814.
Monuments of the Incas
Author: John Hemming
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500051634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A rich contribution to the understanding of Inca archaeology and architecture and an invaluable guide for visitors to Peru.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780500051634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
A rich contribution to the understanding of Inca archaeology and architecture and an invaluable guide for visitors to Peru.
Researches, Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America
Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Researches, Concerning the Institutions & Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions & Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras!
Author: Alexander von Humboldt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andes
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
The Incas
Author: Gordon F Mcewan
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393333015
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Incas: New Perspectives offers a revealing portrait of the ancient Andean empire from the earliest stages of its development to its final capitulation to Pizzarro in the mid-16th century. In recent years researchers have employed new tools to get to the heart of the mysterious Inca culture. Drawing on recent work in archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, and other sources, The Incas provides the most up-to-date interpretations of Inca culture, religion, politics, economics, and daily life available. Readers will discover how the Incas discovered medicines still in use and kept records using knotted cords; how Inca builders created masterful highways and stone bridges; and how the inhabitants of seemingly unfarmable lands came to give the world potatoes, beans, corn, squashes, tomatoes, avocados, peanuts, and peppers. --Publisher.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393333015
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
The Incas: New Perspectives offers a revealing portrait of the ancient Andean empire from the earliest stages of its development to its final capitulation to Pizzarro in the mid-16th century. In recent years researchers have employed new tools to get to the heart of the mysterious Inca culture. Drawing on recent work in archaeology, anthropology, ethnohistory, and other sources, The Incas provides the most up-to-date interpretations of Inca culture, religion, politics, economics, and daily life available. Readers will discover how the Incas discovered medicines still in use and kept records using knotted cords; how Inca builders created masterful highways and stone bridges; and how the inhabitants of seemingly unfarmable lands came to give the world potatoes, beans, corn, squashes, tomatoes, avocados, peanuts, and peppers. --Publisher.
Inca Architecture
Author: Graziano Gasparini
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description