Ensayo político sobre Nueva España,

Translation of Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle Espagne.

Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New continent, during the years 1799-1804.

A reprint (all issued) of Books 1-2 of the London edition of 1814-26, in 7 volumes. French edition, Paris, 1814-25, appeared under title: Voyage aux régions equinoxiales du Nouveau continent.

Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804,

Map intended to be bound in v. 2 (at p. 151) is bound in v. 1.

Gesammelte Werke.

A collection of previously published papers and other work.

Essai politique sur le royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne.

Mode of access: Internet.

Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America, during the years 1799-1804 /

Mode of access: Internet.

Cosmos: a sketch of a physical description of the universe ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Examen critique de l'histoire de la géographie du nouveau continent : et des progrès de l'astronomie nautique aux 15 me et 16 me siècles

Originally published as "I. ptie., 4. section" of "Voyage de Humboldt et Bonpland."

Briefe über Alexander von Humboldt's Kosmos. Ein Commentar zu diesem Werke für gebildete Laien.

Vols. 1 and 3 edited by Bernhard von Cotta; v. 2. by Julius Schaller.

‘These changes and accessions of knowledge’: translation, scientific travel writing and modernity - Alexander von Humboldt's Personal Narrative

A second English translation of Alexander von Humboldt's account of travel to South America, the Relation historique (1814–25), was published between 1852 and 1853. Appearing some 30 years after the first seven-volume translation (1814–29) by Helen Maria Williams, this second rendering of the Personal Narrative by Thomasina Ross was an abridged version that aimed to make Humboldt's travelogue more relevant to the mid-century reader. This translation has largely been overlooked by Humboldt scholars, despite it being a far more affordable, accessible and popular edition. I discuss here how Ross's revisions can be understood within a larger process of rereading and revision that responded to critics’ assessments of the first translation. Emphasising the status of the Personal Narrative as a text in flux, I assess how Ross modernised it to meet the demands of a new readership, recasting the image that Humboldt had constructed of himself as a travelling scientist, scientific writer and member of the international scientific community.