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" Alone in Mexico : "
by Karl Bartolomeus Heller ; translated and edited by Terry Rugeley.
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BL
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1038289
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b792659
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Reisen in Mexiko in den jahren 1845-1848.English
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Heller, Karl B., (Karl Bartholomäus),1824-1880.
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Alone in Mexico : : the astonishing travels of Karl Heller, 1845-1848 /\ by Karl Bartolomeus Heller ; translated and edited by Terry Rugeley.
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Tuscaloosa :: University of Alabama Press,, ©2007.
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1 online resource (xix, 274 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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0817380337
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0817315888
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0817354565
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9780817315887
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9780817354565
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-268) and index.
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List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Chronology; Introduction; FIRST PART: TRAVELS IN VERACRUZ, PUEBLA, AND MEXICO; SECOND PART: TRAVELS IN YUCATÁN, TABASCO, AND CHIAPAS; Notes; Index.
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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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Heller, Karl B., (Karl Bartholomäus),1824-1880-- Travel-- Mexico.
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Heller, Karl B., (Karl Bartholomäus),1824-1880
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History Archaeology.
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Mexico.
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Regions Countries - Americas.
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TRAVEL.
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Travel.
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Mexico, Description and travel.
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Mexico, History, 1821-1861.
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Mexico.
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917.204/5
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F1213.H4813 2007eb
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Rugeley, Terry,1956-
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