The naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) travelled to South America in 1799.
Volume 6 (1826) summarises his geographical and anthropological findings..
This seven-volume English translation of his Relation historique du voyage (1814-1825) appeared between 1814 and 1829.
Five Years of research there resulted in numerous publications.
The naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) travelled to South America in 1799