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| Other authors / contributors: | Rugeley, Terry, 1956-
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| ISBN: | 9780817380335
0817380337
9780817315887
0817315888
9780817354565
0817354565
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| 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.
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| Other form: | Print version: Heller, Karl B. (Karl Bartholomäus), 1824-1880. Reisen in Mexiko in den jahren 1845-1848. English. Alone in Mexico. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2007
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