Alexander von Humboldt (17691859) was an internationally respected scientist and explorer whose meticulous approach to scientific observation greatly influenced later research. He travelled the world once staying at the White House as a guest of Thomas Jefferson and is commemorated in the many species and places which bear his name. This two volume work published in French in 1810 as Vue des Cordillres and in this English translation in 1814 was one of the many publications that resulted from Hu