Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction: Reclaiming Consilience 1
5. Translator’s Note 15
6. Humboldt’s Ansichten der Natur Measurement Units 19
7. Views of Nature
8. Preface to the First Edition 25
9. Preface to the Second and Third Editions 27
10. 1. Concerning the Steppes and Deserts 29
11. 2. Concerning the Waterfalls of the Orinoco near Atures and Maypures 117
12. 3. The Nocturnal Wildlife of the Primeval Forest 141
13. 4. Hypsometric Addenda 149
14. 5. Ideas for a Physiognomy of Plants 155
15. 6. Concerning the Structure and Action of Volcanoes in Various Regions of the Earth 243
16. 7. The Life Force, or The Rhodian Genius 261
17. 8. The Plateau of Cajamarca, the Old Residential City of the Inca Atahualpa; First Sight of the Pacifi c from the Ridge of the Andes Chain 267
18. Index 295