| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE
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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 |
| Summary |
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 Yucatan. Heller liv |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880 -- Travel -- Mexico
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| SUBJECT |
Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880 fast |
| Subject |
TRAVEL.
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Travel
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Regions & Countries - Americas.
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History & Archaeology.
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Mexico.
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| SUBJECT |
Mexico -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084548
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Mexico -- History -- 1821-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084582
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| Subject |
Mexico
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rugeley, Terry, 1956-
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| LC no. |
2007013796 |
| ISBN |
9780817380335 |
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0817380337 |
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