Lives of Labour Or Incidents in the Career of Eminent Naturalists And Celebrat
Lives of Labour Or Incidents in the Career of Eminent Naturalists And Celebrat
C L Cecilia Lucy Brightwell
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After residing some months at Madrid, he was, in the most liberal and flattering terms, permitted by the Spanish Court to visit her colonies in the New World. He immediately invited from Paris his friend Bonpland, whose profound skill in botany and zoology was equalled only by his indefatigable zeal ; and without a moment's delay, these eager travellers, in June 1799, embarked at Corunna in a Spanish ship, and after a prosperous voyage arrived in the month of July at the port of Cumana, in Sout...h America. The rest of the year was spent in visiting the coast of Peru, the Indian missions of Chaymas, and the provinces of New Andalusia, A PATHLESS EXPAXSE. 141 New Barcelona, Venezuela, and Spanish Guiana. Leaving the Caraccas, in January 1800 Humboldt and his companion visited the charming valleys of Araqua and the great lake of Valencia, which in its general appearance resembles that of Geneva, but has its banks clothed with all the luxuriant vegetation of a tropical climate. In Cura, one of its islets, they found cultivated a species of potato, yielding wholesome and pleasant fruit.
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