Intro; Nature Translated; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Series Editors' Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Styling Science; 2 Dispute and Dissociation: John Black's Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain (1811); 3 'A Colossal Literary and Scientific Task': Helen Maria Williams and the Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent (1814-1829); 4 'A Plain and Unassuming Style': Thomasina Ross and Humboldt's Travels (1852-1853); 5 The Poetry of Geography: The Ansichten der Natur in English Translation
6 Cosmos: The Universe TranslatedConclusions; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book shows how Alexander von Humboldt's British translators, now largely forgotten figures, were pivotal in moulding his prose and his public persona as they reconfigured his works for readers in Britain and beyond
