Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and Views of Some of the Most Striking (Paperback)

25. House of the Inca at Callo; 26. Chimborazo seen from the Plain of Tapia; 27. Epochas of nature, according to the Azteck mythology; 28. Hieroglyphic painting, taken from the Borgian manuscript of Veletri, and signs of the days of the Mexican almanac; 29. An Azteck hatchet; 30. An Azteck idol of basaltic porphyry, found under the pavement of the great square at Mexico; 31. Cataract of the Rio Vinagre, near the volcano of Purace; 32. Postman of the province of Jaen de Bracamoros; 33. Hieroglyphical history of the Aztecks, from the Deluge to the foundation of the city of Mexico; 34. Bridge of Ropes near Penipe; 35. Coffer of Perote; 36. Mountain of Ilinissa; 37. Fragments of Azteck hieroglyphics, deposited in the Royal Library of Berlin; 38. Hieroglyphic paintings in the Borgian Museum, at Veletri; 39. Migration of the Azteck nation, from a hieroglyphic painting deposited in the Royal Library at Berlin; 40. Vases of granite found on the coast of Honduras; 41. An Azteck idol, in basalt, found in the valley of Mexico; 42. Air volcano of Turbaco; 43. Volcano of Cayambe; 44. Volcano of Jorullo; 45. Calendar of the Muysca Indians, the ancient inhabitants of the Plain of Bogota; 46. Fragment of a hieroglyphical manuscript preserved in the Royal Library; 47. Hieroglyphic paintings taken from the Mexican manuscript, preserved in the Imperial Library at Vienna, Nos. 1, 2, and 3; Ruins of Miguitlan, or Mitla, in the province of Oaxaca; 48. View of Corazon; 49. Costumes of the Indians of Mechoacan; 50. View of the interior of the crater of the Peak of Teneriffe; 51. Fragments of hieroglyphic paintings, taken from the Codex Telleriano-Remensis; 52. Fragment of a Christian calendar, taken from the Azteck manuscripts, preserved in the Royal Library of Berlin; 53. Hieroglyphic paintings from the Raccolta di Mendoza; 54. Fragments of Azteck paintings, taken from a manuscript preserved in the library of the Vatican; 55. Volcano of Pichincha; 56. Plan of a fortified house of the Inca, situated on the Cordillera of Assuay, ruins of a part of the ancient Peruvian city of Chulucanas; 57. Raft of the river of Guayaquil; 58. Summit of the mountain of Organos, at Actopan; 59. Mountains of columnar porhyry of Jacal; 60. A head sculptured in hard stone by the Muysca Indians. Bracelet of obsidian; 61. View of the lake of Guatavita; 62. View of the Silla de Caracas; 63. The dragon-tree of Orotava; 64. Letter from Mr Visconti, member of the National Institute of France, to M. de Humboldt, on certain monuments of the American nations; Notes; Indexes.