Alone in Mexico :: the astonishing travels of Karl Heller, 1845-1848 /

This volume is the first-ever English translation of the memoirs of Karl Heller, a twenty-year-old aspiring Austrian botanist who traveled to Mexico in 1845 to collect specimens. He passed through the Caribbean, lived for a time in the mountains of Veracruz, and journeyed to Mexico City through the...

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1. Verfasser: Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880
Weitere Verfasser: Rugeley, Terry, 1956-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
German
Veröffentlicht: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007.
Schriftenreihe:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Zusammenfassung:This volume is the first-ever English translation of the memoirs of Karl Heller, a twenty-year-old aspiring Austrian botanist who traveled to Mexico in 1845 to collect specimens. He passed through the Caribbean, lived for a time in the mountains of Veracruz, and journeyed to Mexico City through the cities of Puebla and Cholula. After a brief residence in the capital, Heller moved westward to examine the volcanoes and silver mines near Toluca. When the United States invaded Mexico in 1846-47 conditions became chaotic, and the enterprising botanist was forced to flee to Yucatan. Heller liv.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index.
ISBN:9780817380335
0817380337

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