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UNINA9910778241703321 |
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Autore |
Heller Karl B (Karl Bartholomäus), <1824-1880.> |
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Titolo |
Alone in Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : the astonishing travels of Karl Heller, 1845-1848 / / by Karl Bartolomeus Heller ; translated and edited by Terry Rugeley |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Mexico Description and travel |
Mexico History 1821-1861 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-268) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; FIRST PART: TRAVELS IN VERACRUZ, PUEBLA, AND MEXICO; SECOND PART: TRAVELS IN YUCATÁN, TABASCO, AND CHIAPAS; Notes; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 Yucatán. |
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