| Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain 2 Volume Set Contributor(s): Humboldt, Alexander Von (Author), Black, John (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1108077919 ISBN-13: 9781108077910 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $85.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Latin America - Mexico - Social Science | Regional Studies - Travel | Mexico |
| Dewey: 972 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (1.90 lbs) 736 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican - Chronological Period - 1800-1850 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The acclaimed Prussian naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was referred to by Charles Darwin as 'the greatest scientific traveller who ever lived'. Several of his works were in the library aboard the Beagle, including the multi-volume Personal Narrative of Travels, two books on geology and Tableaux de la nature (all reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection). Darwin's copy of this two-volume 1811 New York edition of Humboldt's Political Essay (originally published in French earlier that year) is inscribed 'Buenos Ayres', suggesting he acquired it there in 1832-3, without its accompanying atlas (forthcoming). Humboldt had spent a year in Mexico in 1803-4, and was struck by its 'civilization' as compared to regions of South America that he had visited earlier on his expedition. The work begins with a 'geographical introduction', after which Humboldt describes Mexico's topography, agriculture, population, mines, industry and commerce, its economic state and its military defences. |