Xalapa - Humboldt`s Travels (sitios de interés)

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Date visited: February 10, 1804

Humboldt, Bonpland, and Montúfar “conducted their researches on the eastern descent of the cordilleras, where they measured the mountains Nevados de La Puebla, Popocatépetl, Iztaccihuatl, the great peak of Orizaba, and the Cofre de Perote. At the summit of Cofre de Perote Humboldt observed the meridian height of the sun. Finally, after a brief sojourn in Jalapa, they began their journey to Havana from Vera Cruz."
A. v. Humboldt, “Philadelphia Abstract,” 1804

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