A seven-volume English translation, published 1814 1829, of a major work describing Humboldt's 1799 1805 scientific expedition to South America.

Part I; Book IX: 25. Llanos Del Pao, or the eastern part of the Plains (Llanos) of Venezuela. Missions of the Caribbees. Last abode on the coast of Nueva Barcelona, Cumana, and Araya. 26. Explanations; Notes to Book IX; Part II; Sketch of a geognostic view of South America, on the North of the River of the Amazons, and on the East of the Meridian of the Sierra Nevada de Merida; 1. Configuration of the country. Inequalities of the soil. Chains and groups of mountains. Ridges of partition. Plains or llanos; 2. General partition of lands. Direction and inclination of the layers. Relative height of the formations above the level of the ocean; 3. Nature of the rocks. Relative age and superposition of the formations primitive, transition, secondary, tertiary, and volcanic soils; Book X: 27. Passage from the coast of Venezuela to the Havannah. General view of the population of the West Indies, compared with the population of the new continent, with respect to the diversity of races, personal liberty, language, and worship.