02453nam 22005414a 450 991082889890332120200520144314.00-8173-8033-7(CKB)1000000000483487(EBL)438142(OCoLC)648357136(SSID)ssj0000101499(PQKBManifestationID)11124532(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000101499(PQKBWorkID)10043409(PQKB)11752961(MdBmJHUP)muse8605(Au-PeEL)EBL438142(CaPaEBR)ebr10218380(MiAaPQ)EBC438142(EXLCZ)99100000000048348720070405d2007 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAlone in Mexico the astonishing travels of Karl Heller, 1845-1848 /by Karl Bartolomeus Heller ; translated and edited by Terry RugeleyTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20071 online resource (298 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-5456-5 0-8173-1588-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-268) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; FIRST PART: TRAVELS IN VERACRUZ, PUEBLA, AND MEXICO; SECOND PART: TRAVELS IN YUCATÁN, TABASCO, AND CHIAPAS; Notes; IndexThis 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.MexicoDescription and travelMexicoHistory1821-1861917.204/5Heller Karl B(Karl Bartholomaus),1824-1880.1707372Rugeley Terry1956-1600233MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828898903321Alone in Mexico4095552UNINA