Note 1288 — Chapter IV · (continued 2)

Vues des Cordillères, ou Monumens des Peuples indigènes de l’Amérique (Paris, 1810; in 8vo, 1816), called in the English translation, 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. Transl. into English by Helen Maria Williams (London, 1814). Voyage aux Régions équinoxiales du Nouveau Continent fait en 1799-1804, avec deux Atlas, 3 vols. 4to (Paris, 1814-25; and 8vo, 13 vols., 1816-31), called in the English translation, Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, 1799-1804, by A. von Humboldt [and A. Bonpland]: translated and edited by Thomasina Ross (Lond., 1852); and in earlier versions by H. M. Williams (London, 1818-1829). [Humboldt’s later summarized expressions are found in his Ansichten der Natur (Stuttgart, 1849; English tr., Aspects of Nature, by Mrs. Sabine, London and Philad., 1849; and Views of Nature, by E. C. Otté, London, 1850). Current views of Humboldt’s American studies can be tracked through Poole’s Index, p. 613.—Ed.]