Alone in Mexico [[electronic resource] ] : the astonishing travels of Karl Heller, 1845-1848 / / by Karl Bartolomeus Heller ; translated and edited by Terry Rugeley

• Autore: Heller Karl B (Karl Bartholomäus), <1824-1880.>
• Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (298 p.)
• Disciplina: 917.204/5
• Soggetto geografico: Mexico Description and travel; Mexico History 1821-1861
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RugeleyTerry <1956->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-268) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Alone in Mexico
• ISBN: 0-8173-8033-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451524203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II