The Art of Science: Alexander von Humboldt's Views of the Cultures of the World
An Introduction by Vera M. Kutzinski and Ottmar Ette
Note on the Text
Dedication page from the first French edition, Paris, 1810-1813
Introduction by Alexander von Humboldt
Picturesque Views of the Cordilleras and Monuments of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
Plates I and II: Bust of an Aztec Priestess
Plate III: View of the Main Square of Mexico City
Plate IV: Natural Bridges of Icononzo
Plate V: Quindiu Pass in the Cordillera of the Andes
Plate VI: Tequendama Falls
Plate VII: Pyramid of Cholula
Plate VIII: Detached Section from the Cholula Pyramid
Plate IX: Xochicalco Monument
Plate X: Cotopaxi Volcano
Plate XI: Mexica Relief Found in Oaxaca
Plate XII: Genealogy of the Princes of Azcapotzalco
A Trial Document in Hieroglyphic Script
Plate XIII: Aztec Hieroglyphic Manuscript Preserved in the Vatican Library
Plate XIV: Costumes Drawn by Mexica Painters in Montezuma's Time
Plate XV: Aztec Hieroglyphs from the Velletri Manuscript
Plate XVI: View of Chimborazo and Carihuairazo Plate XVII: The Peruvian Monument of Cañar
Plate XVIII: Boulder of Inti-Guaicu
Plate XIX: Inga-Chungana near Cañar
Plate XX: Interior of the Inca's House at Cañar
Plate XXI: Aztec Bas-Relief Found in the Main Square of Mexico City
Plate XXII: Basaltic Rocks and the Regla Waterfall
Plate XXIII: Basalt Relief Showing the Mexica Calendar
Plate XXIV: The Inca's House at Callo in the Kingdom of Quito
Plate XXV: Chimborazo Viewed from the Tapia Plateau
Plate XXVI: Epochs of Nature According to Aztec Mythology
Plate XXVII: Hieroglyphic Painting from the Borgia Manuscript of Velletri and Day-Signs from the Mexica Almanac
Plate XXVIII: Aztec Ax
Plate XXIX: Aztec Idol Made of Basaltic Porphyry, Found under the Cobblestones of the Main Square of Mexico City
Plate XXX: Ri;o Vinagre Falls near the Purace; Volcano
Plate XXXI: Mail Service in the Province of Jae;n de Bracamoros
Plate XXXII: Hieroglyphic History of the Aztecs, from the Great Flood to the Founding of Mexico City
Plate XXXIII: Rope Bridge near Penipe
Plate XXXIV: Cofre de Perote
Plate XXXV: Mount Iliniza Plate XXXVI: Fragments of Aztec Hieroglyphic Paintings from the Royal Library of Berlin
Plate XXXVII: Hieroglyphic Paintings from the Borgia Museum in Velletri
Plate XXXVIII: Migration of the Aztec Peoples; Hieroglyphic Painting from the Royal Library of Berlin
Plate XXXIX: Granite Vase Found on the Coast of Honduras
Plate XL: Aztec Idol in Basalt, Found in the Valley of Mexico
Plate XLI: Air Volcano of Turbaco
Plate XLII: Volcano of Cayambe
Plate XLIII: Volcano of Jorullo
Plate XLIV: Calendar of the Muisca Indians, the Ancient Inhabitants of the Bogotá Plateau
Plate XLV: Fragment of a Hieroglyphic Manuscript Preserved at the Royal Library of Dresden
Plates XLVI, XLVII, and XLVIII: Hieroglyphic Paintings from the Mexica Manuscript Preserved in the Imperial Library of Vienna, Numbers 1, 2, and
Plates XLIX and L: Ruins of Miguitlan, or Mitla, in the Province of Oaxaca; Survey and Elevation
Plate LI: View of Corazón
Plates LII and LIII: Dress of the Indians of Michoacan
Plate LIV: View of the Interior of the Crater of the Peak of Tenerife
Supplement Plates LV and LVI: Fragments of Paintings from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis
Plate LVII: Fragment of a Christian Calendar from the Aztec Manuscripts Preserved in the Royal Library of Berlin
Plates LVIII and LIX: Hieroglyphic Paintings from the Raccolta di Mendoza
Plate LX: Fragments of Aztec Paintings from a Manuscript Preserved at the Vatican Library
Plate LXI: Pichincha Volcano
Plate LXII: Plan of a Fortified House of the Inca on the Ridge of the Cordillera of Azuay; Ruins of a Part of the Ancient Peruvian City of Chulucanas
Plate LXIII: Raft from the Guayaquil River
Plate LXIV: Summit of Los Órganos Mountain at Actopan
Plate LXV: Columnar Porphyry Mountains of El Jacal
Plate LXVI: Head Engraved in Hard Stone by the Muisca Indians; Obsidian Bracelet
Plate LXVII: View of Lake Guatavita
Plate LXVIII: View of the Silla de Caracas
Plate LXIX: Dragon Tree of La Orotava
Letter from Mr. Visconti, Member of the Institut de France, to Mr. von Humboldt, on Some Monuments of the American Peoples
Notes
Annotations
List of Plates from the Original Edition
Humboldt's Library
Chronology
Editorial Note
Index of Names
Index of Subjects
Index of Toponyms