Humbolt's travels and discoveries in South America . king, to whom he explained the motives whichled him to undertake a voyage to the Xew l)y the minister, Don Mariano Luis de Ur-(juijo, he received permission to visit the territoriestiien possessed by Spain, in the interior of South Ame-rica. •Never, to use his own exj)ressions, -had aTiiore extensive permission been granted to any tra-veller; never had foreigner been honoured with moreconfidence on the part of the Spanish dissipate all the doubts which the viceroys, or thecaptains-general, representing the r
Humbolt's travels and discoveries in South America . king, to whom he explained the motives whichled him to undertake a voyage to the Xew l)y the minister, Don Mariano Luis de Ur-(juijo, he received permission to visit the territoriestiien possessed by Spain, in the interior of South Ame-rica. •Never, to use his own exj)ressions, -had aTiiore extensive permission been granted to any tra-veller; never had foreigner been honoured with moreconfidence on the part of the Spanish dissipate all the doubts which the viceroys, or thecaptains-general, representing the royal authority inAmerica, might raise upon the nature of my labours,the passport of the first secretary of state declared thatI was authorised to use freely my instruments for phy-sical and geodesical operations, that in all the Spanislipossessions I might make astronomical the height of mountains, gather the produc-tions of the soib and execute all the operations v/hicliI should iuds-o useful for the advancemoBt of The PlaminAc ARRIVAL AT CUMAXA. 7 Impatient to ayail himself of this permission, Hum-boldt prepared with eagerness for his departure; hehad experienced so many difficulties in the year past,that he had some difficulty, he says, in persuading him-self that his most ardent wishes would be at length ful-filled. He left Madrid, in company with Bonpland,towards the middle of May, and sailed from Corunnaina Spanish ship of war on the 5th of June. Touchingat Teneriffe, the travellers remained there a few days,in the course of which they ascended to the summit ofthe Peak, and made many interesting and valuableobservations. Directing their course across the Atlan-tic towaids South America, they arrived in the port ofCumana on the 16th of July, forty-one days after theirdeparture from Corunna. The ship anchored at day-break opposite the mouthof the River Manzanarez; but the necessity of await-ing the visit of the officers of the port prevented
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