Preface
Note to the Reader
Note on Nomenclature
Note on Units
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Humboldt, Ecology, and the Cosmos
Stephen T. Jackson
Translator’s Note
Sylvie Romanowski
Essay on the Geography of Plants
Alexander von Humboldt, translated by Sylvie Romanowski
Text of Humboldt’s Tableau physique
Translated by Sylvie Romanowski
Humboldt’s Pictorial Science: An Analysis of the Tableau physique
des Andes et Pays voisins
Sylvie Romanowski
Plant Species Cited in Humboldt’s Essay and Tableau physique
Stephen T. Jackson
Instruments Utilized in Developing the Tableau physique
Stephen T. Jackson
Biographical Sketches
Stephen T. Jackson
Bibliographical Essay and Bibliography
Stephen T. Jackson
Color plate,
Tableau physique