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Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent [Abridged - Penguin Classics]

di Alexander von Humboldt

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The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component of Humboldt's account, the Relation historique du voyage (1814-1825), consists of seven volumes and was published in London between 1814 and 1829. Volume 6 (1826) summarises many of Humboldt's findings about the North-East of South America, its topography and geology, and compares the societies of the mainland with those of the West Indies.… (altro)
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A fascinating journey to the new world, with abundant descriptions and rich anecdotes. For example: "Francisco Lozano, a labourer who lived in this village, presented a curious physiological phenomenon that struck our imagination...This man breast feed a child with his own milk. When the mother fell ill, the father, to pacify the child, took it to bed and pressed it to his nipples. Lozano, then thirty two years old, had never noticed before that he had milk, but the irritation of the nipple sucked by the child caused liquid to accumulate. The milk was thick and very sweet." And then there's this one..."It was at the cataracts that we first heard talk about the hairy man of the jungle, called salvaje, who rapes women, builds huts, and sometimes eats human flesh. Neither Indians nor missionaries doubt the existence of this man-shaped monkey, which terrifies them. Father Gili seriously related the story of a lady from San Carlos who praised the gentle character of the man of the jungle. She lived several years with him in great domestic harmony..." ( )
  ChrisConway | Dec 16, 2011 |
Last year the Dutch public tv company VPRO made and aired a tv-series where they followed in the tracks of the Beagle and Charles Darwin. Every episode scientists, historians and relatives of Darwin would discuss the area they were in at that moment and how it was fairings now, 200 years after Darwin first passed through. Along on this journey came the travel writer Redmond O'Hanlon with crates of his books. During the journey he read from these books, which were travel journals and reports from the nineteenth century (along with a first edition of Darwin's Origin of Species!).
This inspired me to read some of these travel books, and the first one I picked was Alexander Von Humboldt's Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent. In it he describes his journey to South America (mainly current day Venezuela) via Tenerife. He explores the Orinoco river system, looking for a link between the Orinoco and the Amazon. He describes and collects flora and fauna along the way, but also writes about the native tribes and the many missions they stay at.
I read the 1995 Penguin edition by Jason Wilson, which has been heavily cut down. I read some original chapters online through the Gutenberg project, and all I can say is that I am glad I read this abridged version. In the original version Humboldt writes in length about all his measurements and the geology. All very interesting I am sure, but what I wanted was a description of his journey and the wonders he sees, and that is exactly what the Penguin edition gives me.
A very interesting read, from an early explorer. It has wet my appetite and I do want to read more in this 'genre'. Four stars out of five. ( )
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The Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was one of the most famous explorers of his generation. Charles Darwin called him 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. In 1799, Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland secured permission from the Spanish crown for a voyage to South America. They left from Madrid and spent five years exploring the continent. Humboldt reported his findings in a total of thirty volumes, published in French over a period of more than twenty years beginning in 1805. This English translation by Helen Maria Williams of one important component of Humboldt's account, the Relation historique du voyage (1814-1825), consists of seven volumes and was published in London between 1814 and 1829. Volume 6 (1826) summarises many of Humboldt's findings about the North-East of South America, its topography and geology, and compares the societies of the mainland with those of the West Indies.

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