South America Natuurkundig tafereel van de Andes... Lot 589

[South America] Natuurkundig tafereel van de Andes en de naburige landen door Alexander von Humboldt en Aimé Bonpland. A. Loosjes, 1808. Engr. elevation profile by D. Veelwaard, 40 x 47 cm. Revolutionary print, taken from Part 1 of Reis van Humboldt en Bonpland. The print depicts the peaks of the Andes mountain range, such as the Chimborazo and Cotopaxi volcanoes (the highest mountains in the Andes, in Ecuador), w. indication of the comparative heights of the Popocatepetl, the Sidatepetel and the Mont Blanc peaks as well as the highest points reached during expeditions by Bonpland, Humboldt, Bouguer (1802) and De la Condamine (1738). Also indicated are many locations in South American at their relative elevations. Folded as publ. -and the same print in a later and smaller steel engr. variant. (total 2)