Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804, by A. von Humboldt and A. Bonpland, Volume 3 |
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Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of ..., Volume 2 Friedrich Wilhelm H. Alexander freiherr von Humboldt Affichage du livre entier - 1885 |
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Page 216 - Western nations at the close of the fifteenth and the beginning of the sixteenth century.