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Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
MAP
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT: A CHRONOLOGY FROM 1769 TO 1859
FURTHER READING
Personal Narrative
CONTENTS
HUMBOLDT’S INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: Preparations – Departure from Spain – Landing at the Canary I:slands
CHAPTER 2: Stay at Tenerife – Journey from Santa Cruz to Orotava – Excursion to the top of the Pico de Teide
CHAPTER 3: Crossing from Tenerife to the coasts of South America – Sighting of Tobago – Arrival at Cumaná
CHAPTER 4: First stay in Cumaná – The Manzanares river banks
CHAPTER 5: The Araya peninsula – Salt marshes – Ruins of the Santiago fort
CHAPTER 6: Mountains of New Andalusia – Cumanacoa valley – Cocollar summit – Chaima Indian missions
CHAPTER 7: The Caripe convent – The Guácharo cave – Nocturnal birds
CHAPTER 8: Departure from Caripe – The mountain and valley of Santa María – The Catuaro mission – Cariaco harbour
CHAPTER 9: Physical constitution and customs of the Chaima Indians – Their language
CHAPTER 10: Second stay in Cumaná – Earthquakes – Extraordinary meteors
CHAPTER 11: Journey from Cumaná to La Guaira – The road to Caracas – General observations on the provinces of Venezuela – Caracas
CHAPTER 12: Earthquake in Caracas – Departure from Caracas – Gold mines – Sugar plantations
CHAPTER 13: Lake Tacarigua – Hot springs of Mariara – The town of Nueva Valencia – Descent to the Puerto Cabello coasts
CHAPTER 14: Mountains situated between the Aragua valleys and the Caracas plains – Villa de Cura – Parapara – Llanos or steppes – Calabozo
CHAPTER 15: San Fernando de Apure – Connections and bifurcations of the Apure and Arauca rivers – Journey up the Apure river
CHAPTER 16: Confluence of the Apure and Orinoco – Encaramada mountains
CHAPTER 17: Mouth of the Anaveni river – Uniana peak – Atures mission – Cataract or raudal of Mapara – Islets
CHAPTER 18: Garcita cataract – Maypures – Quituna cataract – Confluence of the Vichada and Zama – Aricagua rock – Siquita
CHAPTER 19: San Fernando de Atabapo – San Baltasar – The Temi and Tuamini rivers – Javita – Journey on foot from the Tuamini river to the Río Negro
CHAPTER 20: The Río Negro – The frontier with Brazil – The Casiquiare – The Orinoco bifurcation
CHAPTER 21: The Upper Orinoco from its confluence with the Guaviare – Second crossing of the Atures and Maypures cataracts – The Lower Orinoco between the mouth of the Apure river and Angostura, capital of Spanish Guiana
CHAPTER 22: The llanos of Payo, or the eastern Venezuelan plains – Carib missions – Last visit to the Nueva Barcelona, Cumaná and Araya coasts
CHAPTER 23: Cuba to Cartagena
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