Quito - Humboldt`s Travels (sitios de interés)
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Dates visited: January 6, 1802 to June 9, 1802[Humboldt and Bonpland] “remained nearly a year in the kingdom of Quito: the height of its snow-capped mountains, its terrible earthquakes (that of February 7, 1797, swallowed up 42,000 inhabitants, in a few seconds), its fertility, and the manners of its inhabitants, continued to render it the most interesting spot in the universe.”
A. v. Humboldt, “Philadelphia Abstract,” 1804
