Views of the Cordilleras and monuments of the indigenous peoples of the Americas : a critical edition / Alexander von Humboldt ; edited with an introduction by Vera M. Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette ; translated by J. Ryan Poynter ; with annotations by Giorleny D. Altamirano Rayo and Tobias Kraft.

In 1799, Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland set out to determine whether the Orinoco River connected with the Amazon. But what started as a trip to investigate a relatively minor geographical controversy became the basis of a five-year exploration throughout South America, Mexico, and Cuba. The discoveries amassed by von Humboldt and Bonpland were staggering, and much of today's knowledge of tropical zoology, botany, geography, and geology can be traced back to von Humboldt's numerous records of these expeditions. One of these accounts, Views of the Cordi.

The Art of Science: Alexander von Humboldt's Views of the Cultures of the World -- An Introduction by Vera M. Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette; Note on the Text; Dedication page from the first French edition, Paris, 1810-1813; Introduction by Alexander von Humboldt; Picturesque Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas; Plates I and II: Bust of an Aztec Priestess; Plate III: View of the Main Square of Mexico City; Plate IV: Natural Bridges of Icononzo; Plate V: Quindiu Pass in the Cordillera of the Andes; Plate VI: Tequendama Falls.

Plate VII: Pyramid of CholulaPlate VIII: Detached Section from the Cholula Pyramid; Plate IX: Xochicalco Monument; Plate X: Cotopaxi Volcano; Plate XI: Mexica Relief Found in Oaxaca; Plate XII: Genealogy of the Princes of Azcapotzalco; A Trial Document in Hieroglyphic Script; Plate XIII: Aztec Hieroglyphic Manuscript Preserved in the Vatican Library; Plate XIV: Costumes Drawn by Mexica Painters in Montezuma's Time; Plate XV: Aztec Hieroglyphs from the Velletri Manuscript; Plate XVI: View of Chimborazo and Carihuairazo; Plate XVII: The Peruvian Monument of Cañar.

Plate XVIII: Boulder of Inti- GuaicuPlate XI: XInga- Chungana near Cañar; Plate XX: Interior of the Inca's House at Cañar; Plate XXI: Aztec Bas- Relief Found in the Main Square of Mexico City; Plate XXII: Basaltic Rocks and the Regla Waterfall; Plate XXIII: Basalt Relief Showing the Mexica Calendar; Plate XXIV: The Inca's House at Callo in the Kingdom of Quito; Plate XXV: Chimborazo Viewed from the Tapia Plateau; Plate XXVI: Epochs of Nature According to Aztec Mythology; Plate XXVII: Hieroglyphic Painting from the Borgia Manuscript of Velletri and Day-Signs from the Mexica Almanac.

Plate XXVIII: Aztec AxPlate XXIX: Aztec Idol Made of Basaltic Porphyry, Found under the Cobblestones of the Main Square of Mexico City; Plate XXX: Río Vinagre Falls near the Puracé Volcano; Plate XXXI: Mail Service in the Province of Jaén de Bracamoros; Plate XXXII: Hieroglyphic History of the Aztecs, from the Great Flood to the Founding of Mexico City; Plate XXXIII: Rope Bridge near Penipe; Plate XXXIV: Cofre de Perote; Plate XXXV: Mount Iliniza; Plate XXXVI: Fragments of Aztec Hieroglyphic Paintings from the Royal Library of Berlin.

Plate XXXVII: Hieroglyphic Paintings from the Borgia Museum in VelletriPlate XXXVIII: Migration of the Aztec Peoples; Hieroglyphic Painting from the Royal Library of Berlin; Plate XXXIX: Granite Vase Found on the Coast of Honduras; Plate XL: Aztec Idol in Basalt, Found in the Valley of Mexico; Plate XLI: Air Volcano of Turbaco; Plate XLII: Volcano of Cayambe; Plate XLIII: Volcano of Jorullo; Plate XLIV: Calendar of the Muisca Indians, the Ancient Inhabitants of the Bogotá Plateau; Plate XLV: Fragment of a Hieroglyphic Manuscript Preserved at the Royal Library of Dresden.

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