Global botanical geography. 19th-century botanical and geographical illustration depicting the distribution and variation in plant types on mountain habitats worldwide and at different latitudes and climates (tropical,temperate,polar). From left,the examples are: the Andes,Tenerife,the Himalayas,the Alps and Pyrenees,and Lapland. Elevations are given in feet,with yearly weather This work,by Scottish geographer Alexander Keith Johnston (1804-1871),was based on work by German geographers Alexander von Humboldt and Heinrich Berghaus. It was published in 'The Physical Atlas' (1848). For the full page of maps and illustrations,see C026/8518 |