Researches, Concerning the Institutions and Monuments of the Ancient Inhabitants of America, with Descriptions and Views of Some of the Most Striking Scenes in the Cordilleras!

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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 Penipé
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.