 | Richard Henry Stoddard - Naturalists - 1809 - 518 pages
...of its vegetation. Without having acquired any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and De la Caille,...phosphorescent Clouds of Magellan, arise on the horizon. The heavens and the earth, everything in the equinoctial regions, presents an exotic character." The lower... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1818 - 666 pages
...it's vegetation ; and without having acquired any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and de la Caille,...Magellan, arise on the horizon. The heaven, and the earth, everything in the equinoctial regions, assumes an exotic character._J The lower regions of the air... | |
 | William Cowherd - 1818 - 728 pages
...notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Fiainstead und de la Caille, feels he is not in Europe, when he sees the immense...phosphorescent clouds of Magellan, arise on the horizon. In the sixteenth decree of latitude, we saw dUtiuctly, says HUMBOLDT, the Сгоя of the South only... | |
 | William Jillard Hort - English prose literature - 1822 - 290 pages
...without any very deep knowledge of astronomy, he will feel that he is not in Europe, when he beholds the immense constellation of the ship, or the phosphorescent clouds of Magellan, arise on the horizon. The sky as well as the earth, in the equinoctial regions, assumes an exotic character. For several days... | |
 | Alexander von Humboldt, Aimé Bonpland - Natural history - 1822 - 762 pages
...it's vegetation ; and without having acquired any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and de la Caille, he feels he is not in Eorope, when he sees the immense constellation of the Ship, or the phosphorescent clouds of Magellan,... | |
 | Charles Hulbert - America - 1823 - 374 pages
...any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and De le Caille, he feels he is not in Europe, when he sees...the equinoctial regions assumes an exotic character. We saw distinctly, for the first time, the cross of the south only, on the night of the 4th and 5th... | |
 | William Adams (M.A.) - Voyages and travels - 1832 - 516 pages
...any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and De le Caille, he feels he is not in Europe, when he sees...equinoctial regions, assumes an exotic character." We saw distinctly, for the first time, the Cross of the south only, on the night of the 4th and 5th... | |
 | English essays - 1829 - 712 pages
...its vegetation ; and without having acquired any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and De la Caille,...equinoctial regions, assumes an exotic character.'' But the Naturalist who traces the globe with the inquiry of a sage, and who wishes to throw light upon... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1829 - 738 pages
...its vegetation ; and without having acquired any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and De la Caille,...thing in the equinoctial regions, assumes an exotic character.'1 But the Naturalist who traces the globe with the inquiry of a sage, and who wishes to... | |
 | John Howison - Colonies - 1834 - 450 pages
...Humboldt, who often alludes to the subject with enthusiasm. " The traveller," says he, " feels that he is not in Europe when he sees the immense constellation...Ship, or the phosphorescent clouds of Magellan, arise in the horizon. The heavens and the earth, everything in the equinoctial regions assumes an exotic... | |
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A traveller has no need of being a botanist to recognise the torrid zone on the mere aspect of its vegetation ; and without having acquired any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and De la Caille, he... 
