Essay on the Geography of Plants
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Essay on the Geography of Plants

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Essay on the Geography of Plants

About this book

The legacy of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) looms large over the natural sciences. His 1799–1804 research expedition to Central and South America with botanist Aimé Bonpland set the course for the great scientific surveys of the nineteenth century, and inspired such essayists and artists as Emerson, Goethe, Thoreau, Poe, and Church.

The chronicles of the expedition were published in Paris after Humboldt's return, and first among them was the 1807 "Essay on the Geography of Plants." Among the most cited writings in natural history, after the works of Darwin and Wallace, this work appears here for the first time in a complete English-language translation. Covering far more than its title implies, it represents the first articulation of an integrative "science of the earth, " encompassing most of today's environmental sciences.  Ecologist Stephen T. Jackson introduces the treatise and explains its enduring significance two centuries after its publication.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Note to the Reader
  4. Note on Nomenclature
  5. Note on Units
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Humboldt, Ecology, and the Cosmos / Stephen T. Jackson
  8. Translator's Note / Sylvie Romanowski
  9. Essay on the Geography of Plants / Alexander von Humboldt and Aimé Bonpland, Translated by Sylvie Romanowski
  10. Text of Humboldt's Tableau physique / Translated by Sylvie Romanowski
  11. Humboldt's Pictorial Science: An Analysis of the Tableau physique des Andes et pays voisins / Sylvie Romanowski
  12. Plant Species Cited in Humboldt's Essay and Tableau physique / Stephen T. Jackson
  13. Instruments Utilized in Developing the Tableau physique / Stephen T. Jackson
  14. Biographical Sketches / Stephen T. Jackson
  15. Bibliographical Essay and Bibliography / Stephen T. Jackson
  16. Illustrations (Figures 1–7)
  17. Illustrations (Figures 8–9)