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Alexander von Humboldt: „[Nouvelles récentes de M. de Bompland, extraites d’une Lettre adressée par M. de Humboldt à M. Arago, secrétaire perpétuel de l’Académie des Sciences]“, in: ders., Sämtliche Schriften digital, herausgegeben von Oliver Lubrich und Thomas Nehrlich, Universität Bern 2021. URL: <https://humboldt.unibe.ch/text/1832-Nouvelles_recentes_de-06-neu> [abgerufen am 19.04.2024].
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| Titel | [Nouvelles récentes de M. de Bompland, extraites d’une Lettre adressée par M. de Humboldt à M. Arago, secrétaire perpétuel de l’Académie des Sciences] | ||||
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| Jahr | 1832 | ||||
| Ort | London | ||||
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Nachweis in: The British Traveller, and Commercial & Law Gazette 3492 (28. September 1832), [o. S.].
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| Sprache | Englisch | ||||
| Typografischer Befund | Antiqua; Spaltensatz; Auszeichnung: Kursivierung. | ||||
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Baron Humboldt has addressed a letter from Berlin tothe Academie des Sciences of Paris. The following isa copy:—
Monsieur le President—The generous interestwhich the
Institute has taken, in its sittings,whenever the name of my friend and
travellingcompanion, M. Bonpland, has been mentioned—thekind feeling with which the Academy
has deigned toassociate itself to the fruitless attempts which ought tohave accelerated the release of this learned man, imposeson
me the duty of addressing these lines to you. Morethan twelve months had
elapsed since the first news of thearrival of M. Bonpland in the Provincia de las Mis-siones: no
letter from him had come to Europe, and myuneasiness was shared with his
relations, who reside at Ro-chelle; at last I was fortunate enough to
receive news direct,by means of M. le Baron Delessert. A letter from M. Bon-pland, dated Buenos Ayres, May 7, 1832, informs me thathe had in
January received a letter which I had written tohim from Paris about the
end of July last year, duringhis stay at Corrientes, near the conflux of
the rivers Pararaand Paraguay.
“I have been thwarted, he says, in all the projects Ihad formed on quitting France. An evil star has followedme for fifteen years. I hope that my lot will be morefortunate now that I have quitted Paraguay. Restored tomy friends, and in communication again with civilizationand with Europe, I have resumed my researches in naturalhistory with the greatest activity, in order to return assoon as possible to my native land. My collections atParaguay and the Portuguese mission ought to havearrived at Buenos Ayres in the month of March. I ex-pect them with great uneasiness, and I shall expeditethem as soon as they arrive, which cannot be long, underaddress to the Minister for Foreign Affairs at Paris, with arequest to the Minister to cause the chests to be forwardedto the Museum of Natural History.
“The Jardin des Plantes will not only receive what Ihave gathered recently, but also such herbs as I havesaved at Corrientes and at Buenos Ayres, particularly my
herbier general and the suite geoligique of the courseof our travels.
“I will add to the collection some geological specimenswhich
I have already gathered, and also such as I mayprocure in a few days in my
excursions to Monte Video,Maldonado, and Cabo-Santa-Maria.
“Here I live in the house of M. le Chev. de Angelis, aNeapolitan, who has received me with the greatest hospi-tality, and whom you have seen at Paris in the society ofMadame the Comtesse Orloff. I find every facility inexpediting my collections to France.
“The fertility of the soil, and the richness of vegeta-tion in the Portuguese settlements are such, that I think ofreturning there: I think that those who wish to interestthemselves in my speedy return to Europe, will not dis-approve of this journey. It would be cruel to leavewithout enriching Botany with so many remarkable pro-ductions. My collections contain two new kinds of con-volvulus, the roots of which have all the fine qualities ofthe salep. I hope also that the Medical School willmake some experiments upon three new sorts of Bark,very bitter, belonging to the genus simaroubus. Thesebarks have the taste of sulphate of quinine, and actwith great effect in complaints of the stomachand dysenteries. If I could still obtain informationrespecting the efficacy of these barks, after a trial at Paris,I should try, before my departure, to make arrangementsfor the supply of our hospitals.”
Such is the information which I have considered it myduty to extract
from the letter of M. Bonpland, and Ihave to regret other letters previously written and
proba-bly lost. I take this opportunity to communicate to theacademy a geological fact, with which we have onlybeen
acquainted for a few days, and which forms a linkto other facts observed in
Europe, and even in the in-terior of Asia. M. de Seckendorf has found in
Hartz(valley of Radan), in a quarry near the highway leadingto Hartzbourg, fragments of grawakke, with
petrifica-tion empatee dans le granit.
The translator of Geologie de Lyel, M. Hartman, hasconfirmed the accuracy of this information, and an-nounces
that he will shortly send me specimens, carefullydetached by regular work
of art, a la paintrole.
Berlin, Aug. 26, 1832. I have, &c &c.