Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804

The naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859) travelled to South America in 1799. Five years of research there resulted in numerous publications. This seven-volume English translation of his Relation historique du voyage (1814–25) appeared between 1814 and 1829. Volume 7 (1829) focuses on Cuba and Colombia.